anthrax

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for anthrax

anthrax 🔊 /æˈnθɹæks/

anthrax : ඇන්ත්‍රුක්ස්

anthrax : ගව රෝගයක්

anthrax : ප්ලීහා රෝගය

anthrax : ගව ආදී සතුන්ගෙන් බෝවන රෝගයකි

anthrax : ඇන්ත්‍රැක්සය

anthrax definition

Noun.

  1. A carbuncle.
  2. A malignant pustule.
  3. A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
  4. 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 inoculatioNoun. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteriAdjective. Called also splenic fever.