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CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
cutaneous anthrax; malignant pustule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cutaneous anthrax" is a kind of...):
anthrax (a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia)
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