Pestis may refer to:
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Plague (disease)
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium '' Yersinia pestis''. Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. Usually this begins one to seven days after exposure. There are three forms of plague, each affecting a different par ...
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Yersinia pestis
''Yersinia pestis'' (''Y. pestis''; formerly ''Pasteurella pestis'') is a Gram-negative bacteria, gram-negative, non-motile bacteria, non-motile, coccobacillus Bacteria, bacterium without Endospore, spores. It is related to pathogens ''Yer ...
'', a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium species
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Pestilence (disambiguation)
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Pestis (Roman mythology), the daemon/
personification
Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person, often as an embodiment or incarnation. In the arts, many things are commonly personified, including: places, especially cities, National personification, countries, an ...
of pestilence, plague, illness, sickness and disease
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Scrutinium Pestis'', a 1658 book by Athanasius Kircher
Places
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Pestiš, a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia
* Peștiș, a village in
Aleșd
Aleșd (; , ) is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It administers three villages: Pădurea Neagră (''Feketeerdő''), Peștiș (''Sólyomkőpestes''), and Tinăud (''Tinód'').
Geography
The town is located in the east of the county, near ...
town, Bihor County, Romania
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Peștiș (Cerna)
The Peștiș is a left tributary of the river Cerna in Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to th ...
, a tributary of the Cerna in Hunedoara County, Romania
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Peștiș (Mureș)
The Peștiș () is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary t ...
, a tributary of the Mureș in Arad and Timiș Counties, Romania
See also
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Nosology
Nosology () is the branch of medical science that deals with the classification of diseases. Fully classifying a medical condition requires knowing its cause (and that there is only one cause), the effects it has on the body, the symptoms th ...
, a branch of medicine that deals with classification of diseases
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