Anthrax
['ænθræks]
Definition
(noun.) a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.
(noun.) a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people.
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Definition
(n.) A carbuncle.
(n.) A malignant pustule.
(n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
(n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
Edited by Laurence
Definition
n. a widely distributed and very destructive disease most common among sheep and cattle the first infectious disease proved to be due to the presence of microscopic vegetable organisms (bacilli)—other names are Splenic Apoplexy Splenic Fever and as it occurs in man Malignant Pustule and Woolsorter's Disease: a carbuncle or malignant boil.—adjs. Anthra′cic An′thracoid.
Editor: Nat
Examples
- Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Pasteur thought that in places where sheep dead of anthrax had been buried, the microbes were brought to t he surface in the castings of earthworms. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Pasteur's preventive inoculation for anthrax was tested under dramatic circumstances at Melun in June, 1881. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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