anthrax

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (anthraks).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæn.θræks/

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Noun

anthrax (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle. It can occur in humans through contact with infected animals, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans. Symptoms include lesions on the skin or in the lungs, and it is often fatal.

Synonyms

• splenic fever

Translations

disease

Arabic: جمرة خبيثة (ar) (jámra xabīṯa) f. Aragonese: banzo (an) m. Armenian: սիբիրախտ (hy) (sibiraxt) Azeri: qarayara (az) Basque: karbunko (eu) Belarusian: сібірская язва (be) (sibírskaja jázva) f. Bengali: অ্যানথ্রাক্স (bn) (ênthraks) Breton: serk (br) Bulgarian: антракс (bg) (antraks) m. Catalan: àntrax (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 炭疽病 (zh) (tànjūbìng), 炭疽熱 (zh), 炭疽热 (zh) (tànjūrè) Czech: anthrax (cs) Danish: miltbrand Dutch: miltvuur (nl) Esperanto: antrakso (eo) Estonian: siberi katk (et) Faroese: miltbrandur (fo) m., miltsýki (fo) n., miltisbruni (fo) m. Finnish: pernarutto (fi) French: charbon (fr) Georgian: ჯილეხი (ka) (jilexi) German: Milzbrand (de) m. Greek: άνθρακας (el) (ánthrakas) m. Hebrew: גחלת (he) Hindi: एंथ्रेक्स (hi) (enthreks) Hungarian: lépfene (hu) Icelandic: miltisbrandur Ido: antraxo (io) Indonesian: antraks (id)

Irish: antrasc (ga) Italian: antrace (it) Japanese: 炭疽症 (ja) (たんそしょう, tansoshō) Javanese: antraks (jv) Kazakh: түйнеме (kk) (tüyneme) Korean: 탄저병 (ko) (tanjeobyeong) (炭疽病 (ko)) Lithuanian: juodligė (lt) f. Malay: antraks (ms) Northern Sami: dáđvesonahat, dávdesonahat Norwegian: miltbrann Persian: سیاه‌زخم (fa) (siyâh-zaxm) Polish: wąglik (pl) m. Portuguese: carbúnculo Romanian: antrax (ro) m. Russian: сибирская язва (ru) (sibírskaja jázva) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антракс (sh) m., бедреница (sh) f., прострел (sh) m., црни пришт (sh) m. Roman: antraks (sh) m., bedrenica (sh) f., prostrel (sh) m., crni prišt (sh) m. Sicilian: cravunchiu (scn) m. Slovak: slezinová sneť (sk) f. Slovene: vranični prisad (sl) m. Spanish: carbunco (es) m. Swedish: mjältbrand Tamil: ஆந்த்ராக்ஸ் (ta) Thai: แอนแทรกซ์ (th) (aen-trâek) Turkish: şarbon (tr) Ukrainian: сибірка (uk) (sybírka) f. Vietnamese: bệnh than (vi) Yakut: сотуун өлүү

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Alternative forms

• antrax

Noun

anthrax m.

1. anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)

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Latin

Noun

anthrax (genitive anthracis); m, third declension

1. cinnabar
2. a virulent ulcer

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	anthrax	anthracēs
genitive	anthracis	anthracum
dative	anthracī	anthracibus
accusative	anthracem	anthracēs
ablative	anthrace	anthracibus
vocative	anthrax	anthracēs