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| an·thrax [ án thràks ] (plural an·thra·ces [ ánthrə sz ]) |
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1. disease infecting cattle, sheep, and humans: a highly infectious, often fatal, bacterial disease of mammals, especially cattle and sheep, that is transmissible to humans and causes skin ulcers cutaneous anthrax or a form of pneumonia when inhaled pulmonary anthrax
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2. skin sore caused by anthrax: an open sore on the skin that results from infection with anthrax
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| [14th century. Via Latin, "carbuncle" < Greek, "coal, carbuncle"] |
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