anthrax

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

Milzbrand

ántrax

charbon

carbúnculo

antrace

Anthrax

antraz

miltvuur

carbunco

anthrax

àntrax

charbon bactéridien

şarbon

morbus lienis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæn.θɹæks/

Etymology

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