pestis bubonica(n = noun.state) bubonic plague, glandular plague - 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;
is a kind of pest, pestilence, pestis, plague
has particulars: ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans, black death, black plague