Anthrax - English meaning
ˈæn.θræks
Anthrax – definitions in English dictionary
nounA serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, causing acute and often fatal septicaemia, and also transmissible to humans.
Usage examples:
An early suspicion that anthrax might have been the cause of the infection has been discounted.
nounA disease of cattle and sheep that can also cause humans to become ill or die
Usage examples:
Humans can contract anthrax by handling products from infected animals.
nounA disease that causes fever, swelling, and often death in animals, especially sheep and cattle (= male and female cows), and can be passed on to humans
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Word origin
late Middle English: Latin, ‘carbuncle’ (the earliest sense in English), from Greek anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal, carbuncle’, with reference to the skin ulceration in humans.
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