The Emergence Machine

Plague

abstract · medicine · Level 9 · E6

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Emergence definition

Plague emerges as a particularly deadly manifestation of disease, leveraging the capacity for infection to spread and cause widespread health decline, ultimately leading to death as a consequence of its devastating impact on populations.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “plague” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “plague”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
plague
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L5L2L1L0PlagueDeathFamilyGroupReproductionAnimalDiseaseGoal… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesPlagueL9DiseaseL5DeathL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Disease L5 (requires)
    Plague is a type of disease
  • Death L8 (requires)
    Plague causes mass death