anthrax

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Main Entry: an·thrax
Pronunciation: an-thraks
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -thra·ces /-thr-sz/
: an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (as hair), and characterized by external ulcerating nodules or by lesions in the lungs