anthrax
/ˈænθræks/noun
mass noun
- a serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, typically affecting the skin and lungs. It can be transmitted to humans, causing severe skin ulceration (see MALIGNANT PUSTULE) or a form of pneumonia (wool-sorters' disease).炭疽。
词源
late Middle English: Latin， 'carbuncle' (the earliest sense in English)， from Greek anthrax, anthrak- 'coal， carbuncle'， with reference to the skin ulceration in humans.