Anthrax

n. fatal disease characterized by infections of the skin lungs and digestive system that is caused by the poisonous bacteria Bacillus anthracis (this bacteria is used in biological weapons)

Anthrax (Greek Άνθραξ for coal) is an acute oral disease in humans and pigs that is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in some forms. Anthrax is one of only a few bacteria that can form long lived spores. When the bacteria’s life cycle is threatened by factors such as lack of food caused by their host dying or by a change of temperature, the bacteria turn themselves into more or less dormant spores to wait for another host to continue their life cycle.
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Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis that primarily affects livestock but that can occasionally [more]Anthrax - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
(synonym) splenic fever
(hypernym) zoonosis, zoonotic disease
2. a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
(hypernym) disease
(hyponym) cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule
3. a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
(synonym) Bacillus anthracis
(hypernym) Bacillus, Bacilli, B

n. anthrax, fatal bacterial disease found in cattle and other mammals