ANTHRAX (anthraces)

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Irregular inflected form: anthraces   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthrax mean? 

• ANTHRAX (noun)
  The noun ANTHRAX has 2 senses:

1. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

2. a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia

  Familiarity information: ANTHRAX used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHRAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anthrax; splenic fever

Hypernyms ("anthrax" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anthrax" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anthrax"):

cutaneous anthrax; malignant pustule (a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal)

anthrax pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; pulmonary anthrax; ragpicker's disease; ragsorter's disease; woolsorter's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia (a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse)

 Context examples 

The toxins produced by anthrax bacteria are lethal factor (LF), protective antigen (PA) and edema factor (EF).

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Anthrax toxin receptor 1 (564 aa, ~63 kDa) is encoded by the human ANTXR1 gene.

(Anthrax Toxin Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes anthrax toxin receptor 1 protein, is involved in the modulation of cytoskeletal rearrangement, cellular adhesion and cell migration.

(ANTXR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists worry that anthrax, botulism, Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, plague, or smallpox could be used as biological agents.

(Biodefense and Bioterrorism, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for people in the military and others at high risk.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Even with successful antibiotic treatment, anthrax toxins can remain in the circulation and cause lethality.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In the attacks, someone purposely spread anthrax through the U.S. mail.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

One of the key causes of anthrax virulence is the action of three specific factors produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

People can get anthrax from contact with infected animals, wood, meat, or hides.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Antibiotics often cure anthrax if it is diagnosed early.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)