anthrax
/ˈæn.θɹæks/
anthrax noun: an acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
Noun
anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)
- An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.2017 June 14, Julian Zelizer, “The challenge of protecting members of Congress”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2017
- 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.
anthrax meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anthrax in Hindi
- disease
- बिसहरिया bisahriyā
anthrax in Tamil
- disease
- ஆந்த்ராக்ஸ் āntrāks
anthrax in Marathi
- एंथ्रेक्स, अँथ्रेक्स, अँथ्रॅक्स
anthrax in Urdu
- دنبل, راج پھوڑا
More languagesFewer languages
- anthrax in Bengali
- অ্যানথ্রাক্স ênthraks
- anthrax in Telugu
- ఆంథ్రాక్స్, ఆంత్రాక్స్
- anthrax in Malayalam
- ആന്ത്രാക്സ്, ആന്ത്രക്സ്, അന്ത്രാക്സ്
- anthrax in Kannada
- ನರಡಿ ಜ್ವರ, ನೆರಡಿ ರೋಗ, ನೆರಡಿ ಬೇನೆ
- anthrax in Punjabi
- ਐਂਥਰੇਕਸ, ਐਂਥ੍ਰੈਕਸ, ਐਂਥਰੈਕਸ
- anthrax in Gujarati
- એન્થ્રેક્સ, એંથ્રેક્સ, એન્થ્રાક્સ
- anthrax in Odia
- ଆନ୍ଥ୍ରାକ୍ସ, ଆନ୍ଥ୍ରାକ୍ସ୍, ଏନ୍ଥ୍ରାକ୍ସ
- anthrax in Nepali
- एन्थ्राक्स, एन्थ्रेक्स, एंथ्रेक्स
- anthrax in Tagalog
- antraks
- anthrax in Arabic
- جَمْرَة خَبِيثَة
- anthrax in Malay
- antraks
- anthrax in Indonesian
- antraks
- anthrax in Persian
- سیاهزخم siyâh-zaxm
- anthrax in Thai
- แอนแทรกซ์ aen-trâek
- anthrax in Vietnamese
- bệnh than
- anthrax in Myanmar
- ထောင့်သန်းနာ htaung.san:na
Synonyms of anthrax
Forms of anthrax
| plural | anthraxes |
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Origin of anthrax
From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
Words formed from anthrax
Questions about anthrax
- What does anthrax mean?
- Anthrax means an acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- What is anthrax in Hindi?
- Anthrax in Hindi is बिसहरिया (bisahriyā). See Anthrax meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anthrax?
- Anthrax is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anthrax?
- Anthrax is pronounced /ˈæn.θɹæks/.
- What is the plural of anthrax?
- The plural of anthrax is anthraxes.
Words near anthrax in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthrax (page history and authors); anthrax (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthrax (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthrax (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anthrax (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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