Black Death Definition

noun
A pandemic of bubonic plague and related diseases that devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
Webster's New World
An outbreak of virulent plague, especially its bubonic form, that killed large numbers of people throughout Europe and much of Asia in the 14th century.
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(pathology, historical) A pandemic outbreak (often attributed to bubonic plague) throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.

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Origin of Black Death

  • Ultimately translation of Scandinavian terms for the bubonic plague, such as Swedish (den) svarta döden (the) black death (possibly in reference to the dark lesions and gangrene caused by bubonic plague, or to the general gloom prevailing during epidemics) svart black död death

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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