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Defenition of the word anthrax

    • Defenition of the word anthrax

      • An infectious, usually fatal disease of warm-blooded animals, especially of cattle and sheep, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
      • a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
      • a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
      • a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia

    Synonyms for the word anthrax

      • splenic fever

    Hyponyms for the word anthrax

      • anthrax pneumonia
      • cutaneous anthrax
      • inhalation anthrax
      • malignant pustule
      • pulmonary anthrax
      • ragpicker's disease
      • ragsorter's disease
      • woolsorter's disease
      • woolsorter's pneumonia

    Hypernyms for the word anthrax

      • animal disease
      • B
      • Bacilli
      • Bacillus
      • bioarm
      • biological weapon
      • bioweapon
      • disease
      • zoonosis
      • zoonotic disease

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