OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27187

anthrax

/ˈæn.θɹæks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carbunco
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
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