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anthrax
 
Noun anthrax has 3 senses
  1. anthrax, splenic fever - a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
    --1 is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease
  2. anthrax - a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
    --2 is a kind of     disease
    --2 has particulars:
     cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule; pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease
  3. Bacillus anthracis, anthrax - 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
    --3 is a kind of Bacillus, Bacilli, B; bioweapon, biological weapon, bioarm
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