CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal

Synonyms:

cutaneous anthrax; malignant pustule

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cutaneous anthrax" is a kind of...):

anthrax (a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia)

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