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bubonic plague

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bubonic plague /bjuːˈbɑːnɪk-/ noun
bubonic plague
/bjuːˈbɑːnɪk-/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of BUBONIC PLAGUE
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: a very serious disease that is spread especially by rats and that killed many people in the Middle Ages compare black death