anthrax
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anthrax
- /ˈæn.θɹæks/
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
noun anthraxes
- An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.
- The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
Similar: charbon, Cumberland disease, malignant edema, Siberian plague, splenic fever, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: splenic fever, inhalational, smut, carbon, charcoal, coal, pebble, coal-fired, coals, charbon, blackleg, black quarter, braxy, blast, murrain, bane
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noun disease
| Español | carbunco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄저병 tanjeobyeong |
| 日本語 | 炭疽症 tansoshō |
| 中文 | 炭疽病 tànjūbìng, 炭疽熱 /炭疽热 tànjūrè, 炭疽 tànjū |
| हिन्दी | बिसहरिया bisahriyā |
| Kiswahili | kimeta |
| Português | carbúnculo, antraz |
| Français | charbon |
| Deutsch | Milzbrand |
| Italiano | antrace |
| Ελληνικά | άνθρακας ánthrakas |
| Română | antrax |
| Русский | сиби́рская я́зва sibírskaja jázva |
| Tiếng Việt | bệnh than |
| العربية | جَمْرَة خَبِيثَة |
| עברית | גחלת |
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