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anthrax
n 1: a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and
sheep); it can be transmitted to people [syn: splenic
fever]
2: a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by
infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
3: a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in
animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits
and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: Bacillus
anthracis]
[also: anthraces (pl)]