Complete Definition of "anthrax"

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Noun
anthrax

  1. pathology An acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle. It can occur in humans through contact with infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans. Symptoms include lesions on the skin or in the lungs, and is often fatal.

Synonyms
splenic fever

Translations
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Croatian: t-|hr|antraks|m, t-|hr|bedrenica|f
Czech: t-|cs|anthrax
Danish: miltbrand
Dutch: miltvuur
Esperanto: antrakso
Finnish: t+|fi|pernarutto
French: t+|fr|charbon
German: Milzbrand
Icelandic: miltisbrandur
Indonesian: t-|id|antraks|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|antrace
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Japanese: ��� (������, tansosh�)
North Sami: dá�vesonahat, dávdesonahat
Norwegian: miltbrann
Polish: w�glik
Portuguese: carbúnculo
Russian: �иби��ка� �зва (sibírskaja jázva) f
Serbian: prostrel, crni prišt
Spanish: t+|es|carbunco
Swedish: mjältbrand
Ukrainian: �иб��ка
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Category:Veterinary medicine

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