anthrax
noun/ˈænθræks/
/ˈænθræks/
[uncountable]- a serious disease that affects sheep and cows and sometimes people, and can cause deathTopics Health problemsc2Word Originlate Middle English: Latin, ‘carbuncle’, swelling under the skin (the earliest sense in English), from Greek anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal, carbuncle’, with reference to the skin ulceration in humans.
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