anthrax

Senso (Inglese)

1. (uncountable, usually) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
2. (uncountable, usually) 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.

Concetti

antrace

carbonchio

carbonchio ematico

foruncoli neri dolorosiantrace

febbre carbonchiosa

sinonimi

carbuncle

splenic fever

disease

inhalation anthrax

anthracic

Phytophthora infestans

symptomatic anthrax

benign anthrax

charbon

pulmonary anthrax

ragpicker’s disease

ragsorter’s disease

woolsorter’s disease

woolsorter’s pneumonia

wool-sorter’s disease

wool sorter’s disease

carbon

nature of coal

coal

coal quality

Traduzioni

Milzbrand

charbon

ántrax

carbúnculo

antraz

miltvuur

Anthrax

anthrax

carbunco

àntrax

charbon bactéridien

şarbon

maladie

حمى جمرية

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈæn.θɹæks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).