ANTHRAX
Definition:
- [noun] a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
Synonyms: splenic fever - [noun] a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- [noun] a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
Synonyms: Bacillus anthracis
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Related Words:
- cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule
- pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease
