anthrax
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1. a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disease, |
| definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule, |
| definition | : | a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal (noun.state) |
2. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people (noun.state)
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