anthrax

an·thrax  (nthrks)

n.

1. An infectious, usually fatal disease of warm-blooded animals, especially of cattle and sheep, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The disease can be transmitted to humans through contact with contaminated animal substances, such as hair, feces, or hides, and is characterized by ulcerative skin lesions.

2. pl. an·thra·ces (-thr-sz) A lesion caused by anthrax.

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[Middle English antrax, malignant boil, from Latin anthrax, carbuncle, from Greek.]

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anthrax

Noun

a dangerous infectious disease of cattle and sheep, which can be passed to humans [Greek: carbuncle]

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anthrax  (nthrks)

An infectious, usually fatal disease of mammals, especially cattle and sheep, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The disease is transmitted to humans through cutaneous contact, ingestion, or inhalation. Cutaneous anthrax is marked by the formation of a necrotic skin ulcer, high fever, and toxemia. Inhalation anthrax leads to severe pneumonia that is usually fatal.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anthrax - a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people splenic fever zoonosis, zoonotic disease - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
	2.	anthrax - a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule - a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal anthrax pneumonia, inhalation anthrax, pulmonary anthrax, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia - a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse

Translations

anthrax [ˈænθræks] n → anthrax m