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ANTHRAX
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Irregular inflected form: anthraces
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anthrax" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anthrax"):
cutaneous anthrax; malignant pustule (a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal)
anthrax pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; pulmonary anthrax; ragpicker's disease; ragsorter's disease; woolsorter's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia (a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anthrax" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)
Context examples:
Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil.
(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
But many people don't know they have anthrax until it is too late to treat.
(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Anthrax is rare.
(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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