Word: Anthrax
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: Latin, ‘carbuncle’ (the earliest sense in English), from Greek anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal, carbuncle’, with reference to the skin ulceration in humans
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanθraks
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, causing acute and often fatal septicaemia, and also transmissible to humans.
Short Definition:serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle
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