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 splenic fever 名詞
 脾熱,脾熱,惡性炭疽

 Splen·ic a.  Anat. Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.
 Splenic apoplexy or  Splenic fever. Med. See Anthrax, n., 3.
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 An·thrax n.
 1. Med. (a) A carbuncle. (b) A malignant pustule.
 2. Biol. A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
 3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped gram-positive 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.
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 splenic fever
      n : a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and
          sheep); it can be transmitted to people [syn: anthrax]