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Anthrax   /ˈænθræks/   Listen
noun
Anthrax  n.  
1.
(Med.)
(a)
A carbuncle.
(b)
A malignant pustule.
2.
(Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods.
3.
An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped gram-positive bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.





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"Anthrax" Quotes from Famous Books



... and even more fatal has been the introduction among the wild sheep of an anthrax, of which, ...
— American Big Game in Its Haunts • Various
... ANTHRAX, a disease, especially in cattle, due to the invasion of a living organism which, under certain conditions, breeds rapidly; ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood


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