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anthrax

noun

1 anthrax

A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people.

synonym: splenic fever.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: antrax, miltvuur
Polish: antraks, wÄ…glik

2 anthrax

A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Minamata disease, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, altitude sickness, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anoxemia, anoxia, anoxic anoxia, aphthous fever, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, bighead ... show more.

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