anthrax
nounDivide anthrax into syllables:
an · thrax
How to pronounce anthrax:
Definition of anthrax:
- anthrax (noun):
- the bacterium causing anthrax
- a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.
- an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (such as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (such as wool), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs
Synonyms for anthrax:
anthrax pneumonia
cutaneous anthrax
disease
inhalation anthrax
malignant pustule
pulmonary anthrax
ragsorter's disease
splenic fever
woolsorter's disease
woolsorter's pneumonia
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