anthrax
English
/ˈæn.θɹæks/
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- 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.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (charcoal, coal, carbuncle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄνθραξ
Gloss
charcoal, coal, carbuncle
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
炭
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anthracic English
- anthracoid English
- anthraxlike English
- glossanthrax English
- nonanthrax English
- anthrax Latin
- antracosis Spanish, Castilian
- ἀνθράκινος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθραξ Ancient Greek
- *sendʰro- Proto-Indo-European
- antraicéin Irish
- antrasc Irish
- antraks Serbo-Croatian
- άνθρακας Greek (modern)
- άνθραξ Greek (modern)