peste

Definitions of peste
  1. noun
    a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
    synonyms: corrupción, escándalo, fetidez, follón, hedentina, hediondez, hedor, lío, pebete, pestazo, pestilencia, tufo, vaharada, vaho
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    tufillo, tufo
    an unpleasant smell
    type of:
    olor
    the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
  2. noun
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
    synonyms: epidemia
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    brote, desencadenamiento, erupción, estallido
    a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
  3. 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
    synonyms: pestilencia, plaga
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    peste bubónica
    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
    peste pneumónica
    a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
    peste septicémica
    an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
    peste negra
    the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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