Old and New Pestilences

a. “Any fatal epidemic disease, affecting man or beast, and destroying many victims.” The Oxford Universal Dictionary, 3(rd) edition, 1955, Oxford Press, 2515 pp. b. “A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.” Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1965. G....

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Autor principal: Arata, Andrew A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121237/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24103-5_3
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Sumario:a. “Any fatal epidemic disease, affecting man or beast, and destroying many victims.” The Oxford Universal Dictionary, 3(rd) edition, 1955, Oxford Press, 2515 pp. b. “A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.” Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1965. G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass., 1221 pp. Accordingly, a pestilence should be an infectious disease, devastating (killing) a large number of people (or animals).

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