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See also: Anthrax

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.θɹæks/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)

  1. (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
  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.

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Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m inan

  1. anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m (uncountable)

  1. anthrax

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρᾰξ (ắnthrăx).

Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m (genitive anthracis); third declension

  1. cinnabar
  2. a virulent ulcer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • anthrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anthrax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • anthrax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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