anthrax

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. uncountable,usually
    — After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.
  2. The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal. uncountable,usually

词形变化

anthraxes plural

词汇关系

近义词
charbon Cumberland disease malignant edema Siberian plague splenic fever ragsorter's disease woolsorter's disease
衍生词
Amerithrax anthracic anthracoid anthraxlike antianthrax glossanthrax nonanthrax
相关词
anthracite anthracene

词源

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
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