Anthrax definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AN'THRAX, n. [Gr.; supra ... cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people [syn: anthrax, splenic fever] 2: a disease of humans that is not ... Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English antrax carbuncle, from Latin anthrax, from Greek, coal, carbuncle Date: 1861 an infectious disease of ... often fatal lesions in the lungs; also the bacterium causing anthrax Britannica Concise Infectious disease of warm-blooded animals, caused by ... days if acute), or the animal may recover. In humans, anthrax occurs as a cutaneous, pulmonary, or intestinal infection. The most ... Sanitary working environments for susceptible workers are critical to preventing anthrax; early diagnosis and treatment are also of great importance. ...
cutaneous anthrax definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and ... and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal [syn: cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule]
anthrax bacillus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep ... guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus]
... names. For example, 2,000 years ago the Greek term anthrax was used to signify various hard, transparent, red stones that ... red spinel), almandine and pyrope (red garnets); a stone designated anthrax by the ancient Greeks might thus belong to any one ... of which no name is now given, and the word anthrax has no simple equivalent in a modern language. 2. Change ... as regards the 1st stone of the 2nd row, that anthrax and carbo being respectively Greek and Latin for "glowing coal," anthrax and carbunculus, diminutive of carbo, were used as synonyms for ... names of the breastplate stones, namely: achates, amethustos (as amethuson), anthrax, iaspis, ligurion (as lugkurion), onuchion, sappheiros, sardion, smaragdos. The ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial ... rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse [syn: pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia ... woolsorter's disease] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1880 pulmonary anthrax resulting especially from inhalation of bacterial spores from contaminated wool ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep ... guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anthrax An"thrax, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.] 1. (Med ... with bacteria. Called also splenic fever. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anthrax An"thrax, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.] 1. (Med ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial ... rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse [syn: pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial ... rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse [syn: pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial ... rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse [syn: pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and ... and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal [syn: cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pustule Pus"tule (?; 135 ... exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also charbon, and sometimes, improperly, anthrax.
... definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anthracoid An"thra*coid, a. [Anthrax + -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.