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See also: Anthrax
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- 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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Translations
disease
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Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
anthrax m inan
- anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)
Declension
Declension of anthrax (hard masculine inanimate)
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
anthrax m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “anthrax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρᾰξ (ắnthrăx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.tʰraks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan.traks]
Noun
anthrax m (genitive anthracis); third declension
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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