an·thrax
noun/ˈænθræks/
/ˈænθræks/
[uncountable]- a serious disease that affects sheep and cows and sometimes people, and can cause death
炭疽（牛羊疾病，人偶得，可致命） Word Originlate Middle English: Latin, ‘carbuncle’, swelling under the skin (the earliest sense in English), from Greek anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal, carbuncle’, with reference to the skin ulceration in humans.