anthrax
noun
an·thrax
ˈan-ˌthraks 
: an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (such as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (such as wool), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs
also
: the bacterium causing anthrax
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Lake said her campaign office was targeted by a package labeled as anthrax.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2024
One need only compare this to SARS (ten percent), smallpox (30 percent), pulmonary anthrax (80 percent), or Ebola (90 percent) to consider that the coronavirus could easily have been much, much worse.
—Nathan Levine, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2021
That incident was followed hours later by reports of an anthrax scare at Kari Lake's Senate campaign office in Phoenix, which prompted an evacuation.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2024
An earlier version of this essay incorrectly identified anthrax as a chemical weapon.
—William MacAskill, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2022
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Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2024
One need only compare this to SARS (ten percent), smallpox (30 percent), pulmonary anthrax (80 percent), or Ebola (90 percent) to consider that the coronavirus could easily have been much, much worse.
—Nathan Levine, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2021
That incident was followed hours later by reports of an anthrax scare at Kari Lake's Senate campaign office in Phoenix, which prompted an evacuation.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2024
An earlier version of this essay incorrectly identified anthrax as a chemical weapon.
—William MacAskill, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2022
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“Anthrax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthrax. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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anthrax
noun
an·thrax
ˈan-ˌthraks
: an infectious and usually fatal disease of warm-blooded animals (as cattle and sheep) caused by a bacterium and transmissible to humans
also
: a bacterium causing anthrax
Medical Definition
anthrax
noun
an·thrax
ˈan-ˌthraks
plural anthraces
-thrə-ˌsēz
: an infectious disease of warm-blooded animals (as cattle and sheep) caused by a spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), transmissible to humans especially by the handling of infected products (as hair), and characterized by cutaneous ulcerating nodules or by often fatal lesions in the lungs
also
: the bacterium causing anthrax
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