Ⅰ (中医指人或动物的急性传染病) acute communicable diseases Ⅱ (戏曲沉闷乏味) (of traditional opera) depressing and dull ◆瘟病 {中医} seasonal febrile diseases; 瘟神 God of plague; 瘟头瘟脑 go about in a daze; 瘟疫 pest; pestilence; petis; 瘟疹 (a general term for) diseases like typhus, scarlet fever, etc.