pestilence
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
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[ noun ] (medicine) any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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[ noun ] a pernicious evil influence
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