See Also: pestis siderans(medicine)
Pestis(medicine)
pestis minor(medicine)
pestis major(medicine)
pestis fulminans(medicine)
pestis bubonica(medicine)
pestis ambulans(medicine)
Yersinina pestis(medicine)
Yersinia pestis(medicine)
Pasteurella pestis(medicine)

vang (iou) and pestis siderans (medicine)


vang (iou)



vang noun. M18.
[Var. of FANG noun1.]
Nautical. A tackle used for steadying a fore-and-aft sail by preventing the boom from gybing, consisting of two ropes running from the end of the gaff to the rail on each side.

pestis siderans (medicine)


pestis siderans -->
septicaemic plague


A generally fatal form of plague in which there is an intense bacteraemia with symptoms of profound toxaemia.

Synonym: pestis siderans.