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Noun: glandular plague
  1. 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