AMBULANT PLAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ambulant plague mean? 

• AMBULANT PLAGUE (noun)
  The noun AMBULANT PLAGUE has 1 sense:

1. a mild form of bubonic plague

  Familiarity information: AMBULANT PLAGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBULANT PLAGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mild form of bubonic plague

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ambulant plague; ambulatory plague; pestis ambulans

Hypernyms ("ambulant plague" is a kind of...):

bubonic plague; glandular plague; pestis bubonica (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)