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anthrax

/ˈæn.θɹæks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
an-thrax
IPA
/ˈæn.θɹæks/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.

Uncountable

noun

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἄνθραξ

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

anthraxes (plural)

Derived Forms

Amerithrax anthracic anthracoid anthraxlike antianthrax glossanthrax nonanthrax

Phrases

welder's anthrax

Frequently Paired Words

anthracite anthracene

Synonyms

charbon Cumberland disease malignant edema Siberian plague splenic fever ragsorter's disease woolsorter's disease

Questions

How do you pronounce anthrax?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæn.θɹæks/.
What does anthrax mean?
An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
Where does anthrax come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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