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Definition of: anthrax
(an′thraks) noun plural ·thra·ces (-thrə·səz)
1. A carbuncle.
2. Pathol. An infectious and malignant febrile disease of man and some animals, caused by Bacillus anthracis, often with carbuncular swellings; splenic fever.
3. A bacillus found in the blood of those affected with splenic fever.
4. A gem stone of the ancients: probably the carbuncle.[<Gk., coal, carbuncle]
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