In medical history, the term has occasionally been applied to high-mortality diseases that lacked public attention:
: More recently, "Ciuma Roșie" (Romanian for Red Plague) was used by protesters (2017–2019) to describe the Social Democratic Party during anti-corruption demonstrations. Red Plague
: A galvanic cell forms where silver acts as the cathode and copper as the sacrificial anode. In medical history, the term has occasionally been