| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bubonic plague |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bu·bon·ic plague |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -b n  k, by- |
| NOUN: | A contagious, often fatal epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia (syn. Pasteurella) pestis, transmitted from person to person or by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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