Noun: glandular plague
- 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 glandular plague during the Black Death";
- bubonic plague, pestis bubonica
Derived forms: glandular plagues
Type of: pest [archaic], pestilence, pestis [rare], plague