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anthrax

Anthrax is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter A and ends with the letter X for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A carbuncle.
(n.) A malignant pustule.
(n.) A microscopic bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis) resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
(n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

Syllable Information

The word anthrax is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for anthrax is: an-thrax


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