anthrax

詳細解釋：

an.thrax

n.（名詞）
An infectious, usually fatal disease of warm-blooded animals, especially of cattle and sheep, caused by the bacteriumBacillus anthracis. The disease can be transmitted to human beings through contact with contaminated animal substances, such as hair, feces, or hides, and is characterized by ulcerative skin lesions.
炭疽，脾脫疽，脾瘟：一種傳染病，對溫血動物尤其牛羊通常是致命性的，由炭疽桿菌 感染引起。通過與帶病毒的動物部位如毛髮、糞便、毛皮接觸後可以傳染給人，病症為皮膚潰爛損傷
pl. an.thra.ces[-thr…-sôz.] A lesion caused by anthrax.
【複數】 an.thra.ces[-thr…-sôz.] 炭疽膿皰：炭疽病所引起的膿皰

來源：
Middle English antrax [malignant boil]
中古英文 antrax [惡性癤子]
from Latin anthrax [carbuncle]
源自 拉丁語 anthrax [癰，疔]
from Greek
源自 希臘語