名詞 anthrax:

1. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
   同義詞：splenic fever
2. a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia

an.thrax

n.（名詞）
An infectious, usually fatal disease of warm-blooded animals, especially of cattle and sheep, caused by the bacteriumBacillus anthracis. The disease can be transmitted to human beings through contact with contaminated animal substances, such as hair, feces, or hides, and is characterized by ulcerative skin lesions.
炭疽，脾脫疽，脾瘟：一種傳染病，對(duì)溫血?jiǎng)游镉绕渑Ｑ蛲ǔＪ侵旅缘?，?strong>炭疽桿菌 感染引起。通過(guò)與帶病毒的動(dòng)物部位如毛發(fā)、糞便、毛皮接觸后可以傳染給人，病癥為皮膚潰爛損傷
pl. an.thra.ces[-thr…-sôz.] A lesion caused by anthrax.
【復(fù)數(shù)】 an.thra.ces[-thr…-sôz.] 炭疽膿皰：炭疽病所引起的膿皰

來(lái)源：
Middle English antrax [malignant boil]
中古英語(yǔ) antrax [惡性癤子]
from Latin anthrax [carbuncle]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) anthrax [癰，疔]
from Greek
源自 希臘語(yǔ)