Pestis may refer to: *

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 ...

** '' Yersinia pestis'', a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium species *

Pestilence (disambiguation) Pestilence may refer to: *Infectious disease *Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse *Pestilence (band), a Dutch death metal group * Pestilence (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain, based on the biblical horseman * "Pestilence" ...

Pestis (Roman mythology) Pestis may refer to: * Plague (disease) ** ''Yersinia pestis'', a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium species * Pestilence (disambiguation) Pestilence may refer to: *Infectious disease *Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse *Pe ...

, the daemon/

personification Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as a type of anthropomorphic metaphor. The type of personification discussed here excludes passing literary effects such as "Shadows hold their b ...

of pestilence, plague, illness, sickness and disease **

Phthisis Phthisis may refer to: Mythology * Phthisis (mythology), Classical/Greco-Roman personification of rot, decay and putrefaction Medical terms * Phthisis bulbi, shrunken, nonfunctional eye * Phthisis miliaris, miliary tuberculosis * Phthisis pulmona ...

, one of the Nosoi or Pestis * '' Scrutinium Pestis'', a 1658 book by Athanasius Kircher

Places

Pestiš Pestiš is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and ...

, a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia * Peștiș, a village in

Aleșd Aleșd (; , sk, Alešď) 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 c ...

town, Bihor County, Romania *

Peștiș (Cerna) The Peștiș is a left tributary of the river Cerna in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bu ...

, a tributary of the Cerna in Hunedoara County, Romania *

Peștiș (Mureș) The Peștiș ( hu, Pestes-patak) is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern ...

, a tributary of the Mureș in Arad and Timiș Counties, Romania

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