Noun: pneumonic plague
- A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
"The outbreak of pneumonic plague required strict quarantine measures";
- pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia
Derived forms: pneumonic plagues
Type of: pest [archaic], pestilence, pestis [rare], plague
Encyclopedia: Pneumonic plague