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Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. The pestilence That walketh in darkness. Ps. xci. 6.

become the seat of ulcers which are regarded as the characteristic organic lesion of that disease.

The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.

d by heating ordinary phosphorus in a closed vessel at a high temperature. -- Phosphorus disease (Med.), a disease common among workers in phosphorus, giving rise to necrosis of the jawbone, and other symptoms. -- Red, or Amorphous, phosphorus (Chem.), an allotropic modification of phosphorus, obtained as a dark red…

The application of light for therapeutic purposes, esp. for treating diseases of the skin. -- Pho`to*the*rap"ic (#), Pho`to*ther`a*peu"tic (#), a.

A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.

Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.

The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.

The philosophy of human life, or the doctrine of the constitution and diseases of man, and their remedies.

The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine. "A doctor of physik." Chaucer.

physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

One skilled in diseases of plants.

The science of diseases to which plants are liable.

ere and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news.(c) to acquire (an infectious disease); as, to pick up a cold on the airplane. (d) To meet (a person) and induce to accompany one; as, to pick up a date at the mall. [See several other defs in MW10]

One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

e leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.

ich are shed in branlike particles. Pityriasis versicolor Etym: [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches.

To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. Milton.