HyperDic: woolsorter[s_pneumonia

English > 1 sense of the expression woolsorter's pneumonia:
NOUNstatewoolsorter's pneumonia, pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's diseasea form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis
English > woolsorter's pneumonia: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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 / extreme cardiovascular collapse.
Synonymspulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease
BroaderanthraxA disease of humans that is not communicable
Spanishántrax pulmonar

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