Meaning of ANTHRAX
| Pronunciation: | | 'anthraks
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| | Definition: | | [n] a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people |
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| | Synonyms: | | splenic fever |
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| | See Also: | | zoonosis | |
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| | Definition: | | Anthrax
This study of the 1979 outbreak of anthrax-related deaths in Sverdlovsk, Russia, is by a member of an American team that went there in the 1990s to investigate. Though at first tainted meat was said to be the cause of the deaths, both Russian officials and the American team concluded that the probable cause was the accidental release of anthrax powder into the air from a military base called Compound 19, where biological weapons were manufactured. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An"thrax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.]
1. (Med.)
(a) A carbuncle.
(b) A malignant pustule.
2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism ({Bacillus
anthracis}), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust.
under {Bacillus}.]
3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed
to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium ({Bacillus
anthracis}), the spores of which constitute the contagious
matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The
spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria.
Called also {splenic fever}.
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- Anthrax is an infection by the gram-positive spore-forming aerobic rod-shaped bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. It usually affects sheep, cattle, horses, goats, and swine. It may infect humans, causing meningitis and pneumonia with a high rate of death.
- A highly contagious and often lethal bacterial disease that is caused by Bacillus anthracis. It afflicts cattle and sheep and can be transmitted to humans via infected raw meat, blood, or other fluids. Anthrax causes high fever, convulsions, and lung lesions.
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