e/List of historical plagues

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has gloss	eng: In human history, the term plague refers to an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality, i.e. a pestilence. An epidemic—disease outbreaks that strike a large number of people in an area at the same time—may also become a pandemic when it spreads over a wide geographical area or throughout many countries. Bubonic plague, typhus, smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, influenza, scarlet fever, malaria, diphtheria, and poliomyelitis are some infectious diseases that have resulted in epidemic or pandemic outbreaks.
lexicalization	eng: List of historical plagues
instance of	(noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time epidemic

Meaning
German
lexicalization	deu: Geschichte der Pest
French
lexicalization	fra: Liste des epidemies de peste
lexicalization	fra: Liste Des Épidémies De Peste
Russian
lexicalization	rus: Эпидемии чумы

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