anthrax
IPA: ˈænθræks
noun
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- 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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Examples of "anthrax" in Sentences
- Montgomery Advertiser – Man suspected in anthrax hoax indicted
- 'The letter also mentioned the word anthrax,' the statement said.
- The disease, anthrax, is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.
- The term anthrax has now become a household word for better or for worse.
- West's chief of staff says the letter contained derogatory comments about the politician and contained the word anthrax.
- Could rogue elements of the American military have backed the Rhodesian Army in anthrax and cholera attacks against blacks?
- The president touting once again that $1 million reward being offered by the FBI and the Postal Service for information leading to the arrest and conviction of what he called the anthrax terrorists.
- As someone who has worked in public health emergency preparedness, and run the CRI program for one of the cities in the program, we are a bit more prepared than you might think – The issue with respect to anthrax is you have to administer the drugs within a very narrow (48 hour) window – a difficult task but not impossible.
- Author Boyle, cited above, is also the author of “Biowarfare and Terrorism” (Clarity), in which he terms the anthrax attacks of 2001 “the greatest political crime” in U.S. history and asks the question: “Could it truly be coincidental that two of the primary intended victims of the terrorist anthrax attacks --- Senators Daschle and Leahy — were holding up the speedy passage of the pre-planned USA Patriot Act after the terrible tragedy of 11 September 2001 --- an Act which provided the federal government with unprecedented powers in relation to US citizens and institutions?”
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