a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
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pestis
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Yersinia pestis, and your choice of "no" and "yes, this happens yearly"
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Quick take
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pestis.
noun
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
See also: plague, pestilence, pest
Example sentences
Yersinia pestis, and your choice of "no" and "yes, this happens yearly"
They’re both caused by the same bacteria, yersinia pestis.
You really don't want a Yersinia pestis infection.
I checked my facts before posting: vaccination does exist for Yersinia pestis.
Contrarily, I'm happy to learn about Yersinia pestis in school or at museums, not by allowing an ecosystem for it to exist.
Besides environmental and cultural factors, a variation of 100 nucleotides across Y. pestis strains is certainly enough to explain huge differences in its virulence and overall prognosis.
Generally you want your bioweapons to have limited or zero human-to-human transmissibility - think anthrax or tularemia or y-pestis.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use pestis in a sentence?
Yersinia pestis, and your choice of "no" and "yes, this happens yearly"
What does pestis mean?
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
What part of speech is pestis?
pestis is commonly used as noun.