| NOUN | state | anthrax, splenic fever | a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep) |
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| state | anthrax | a disease of humans that is not communicable |
| Sounds | ae'nthraeks | |
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| Rhymes | Acts ... Zovirax: 33 rhymes with aeks... | |
| Meaning | A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people. | |
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| Synonym | splenic fever | |
| Broader | zoonosis, zoonotic disease | An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans |
| Spanish | ántrax, carbunco | |
| Catalan | àntrax | |
| Meaning | A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia. | |
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| Narrower | cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule | A form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins |
| pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease | A form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis | |
| Broader | disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
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