| English Dictionary |
PESTIS AMBULANS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does pestis ambulans mean?
• PESTIS AMBULANS (noun)
The noun PESTIS AMBULANS has 1 sense:
1. a mild form of bubonic plague
Familiarity information: PESTIS AMBULANS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("pestis ambulans" 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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"A word spoken is past recalling." (English proverb)
"A spared body only goes twenty-four hours further that another" (Breton proverb)
"Wealth comes like a turtle and goes away like a gazelle." (Arabic proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see." (Dutch proverb)
"A spared body only goes twenty-four hours further that another" (Breton proverb)
"Wealth comes like a turtle and goes away like a gazelle." (Arabic proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see." (Dutch proverb)