Associations to the word «Pestis»
Noun
- Plague
- Flea
- Rodent
- Bacterium
- Pathogen
- Smallpox
- Epidemic
- Toxin
- Alexandre
- Genome
- Rat
- Infection
- Strain
- Clone
- Virus
- Gram
- Organism
- Vaccine
- Fever
- Disease
- Prairie
- Dna
- Agent
- Bite
- Outbreak
- Grave
- Tooth
- Skeleton
- Spread
- Transmission
- Sample
- Detection
- Cause
- Feeding
- Human
- Protein
- Host
- Victim
- Gene
- Kong
- Hong
- Death
- Researcher
- Europe
- Laboratory
- Central
- Dog
- Cycle
- Cell
- Weapon
- Species
- Ad
- Factor
- Russia
- Blood
- Culture
- Remains
Adjective
Adverb
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Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
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meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.