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Anthrax   /ˈænθræks/   Listen
Anthrax

noun
(pl. anthraces)
1.
A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people.  Synonym: splenic fever.
2.
A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.



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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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