Noun: bubonic plague byoo'bó-nik pleyg
- The most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
"Historical records describe the symptoms of bubonic plague during the Black Death";
- pestis bubonica, glandular plague
Type of: pest [archaic], pestilence, pestis [rare], plague
Encyclopedia: Bubonic plague