anthrax

noun

an·thrax ˈan-ˌthraks How to pronounce anthrax (audio)

: an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (such as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (such as wool), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs

also : the bacterium causing anthrax

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague.

Matthew Perrone, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 That’s typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague.

Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague.

CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague.

Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Through genetic analysis, scientists traced a 2016 anthrax outbreak in Siberia to buried prehistoric animals exposed during a heat wave.

Evan Bush, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2022 For all these reasons, the US government considers B. pseudomallei a bioterrorism threat, listing it as a Tier 1 Select Agent along with anthrax bacteria (Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis) and Ebola virus.

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022 After the anthrax bioterrorism attacks in 2001, federal officials became increasingly concerned about the risk of someone attacking the U.S. military or general population with smallpox virus.

Joseph Osmundson, STAT, 15 July 2022 In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack and anthrax attacks of 2001, HHS was tasked to collect and maintain public health data in the event of a pandemic or other disaster.

Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from French, originally a word applied to the dark skin lesion associated with the cutaneous form of the disease, extended in the 18th century to the disease itself (also called charbon); earlier, "dark skin lesion, carbuncle," going back to Middle French antrac, borrowed from Late Latin anthrac-, anthrax, borrowed from Greek anthrak-, ánthrax "charcoal (burning or unlit, usually in plural), coal, dark red precious stone, dark skin lesion," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin

Note: In the sense "carbuncle, purulent skin lesion (of various origins)," anthrax has been in occasional use in English since Middle English (then attested as antrax, antrace). Regarding the origin of the Greek word, cf. andráchlē "warming pan, brazier," (with -d- for -th-) and kándaros glossed ánthrax by Hesychius (k- alternating with ø), features (along with the suffix -ak-) suggesting substratal origin (see Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2010).

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

单词	anthrax
释义	anthrax noun an·thrax ˈan-ˌthraks : an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (such as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (such as wool), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs also : the bacterium causing anthrax Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague. Matthew Perrone, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 That’s typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague. Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague. CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 That's typical of many of the vaccines and drugs in the national stockpile that treat rare or deadly pathogens like anthrax or the plague. Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Through genetic analysis, scientists traced a 2016 anthrax outbreak in Siberia to buried prehistoric animals exposed during a heat wave. Evan Bush, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2022 For all these reasons, the US government considers B. pseudomallei a bioterrorism threat, listing it as a Tier 1 Select Agent along with anthrax bacteria (Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis) and Ebola virus. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022 After the anthrax bioterrorism attacks in 2001, federal officials became increasingly concerned about the risk of someone attacking the U.S. military or general population with smallpox virus. Joseph Osmundson, STAT, 15 July 2022 In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack and anthrax attacks of 2001, HHS was tasked to collect and maintain public health data in the event of a pandemic or other disaster. Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology probably borrowed from French, originally a word applied to the dark skin lesion associated with the cutaneous form of the disease, extended in the 18th century to the disease itself (also called charbon); earlier, "dark skin lesion, carbuncle," going back to Middle French antrac, borrowed from Late Latin anthrac-, anthrax, borrowed from Greek anthrak-, ánthrax "charcoal (burning or unlit, usually in plural), coal, dark red precious stone, dark skin lesion," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin Note: In the sense "carbuncle, purulent skin lesion (of various origins)," anthrax has been in occasional use in English since Middle English (then attested as antrax, antrace). Regarding the origin of the Greek word, cf. andráchlē "warming pan, brazier," (with -d- for -th-) and kándaros glossed ánthrax by Hesychius (k- alternating with ø), features (along with the suffix -ak-) suggesting substratal origin (see Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2010). First Known Use 1776, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition anthrax noun an·thrax ˈan-ˌthraks : a serious bacterial disease of warm-blooded animals (as sheep) that can affect humans Medical Definition anthrax noun an·thrax ˈan-ˌthraks plural anthraces -thrə-ˌsēz : an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (as hair), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs also : the bacterium causing anthrax
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anthrax

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