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/ˈæn.θɹæks/ · noun
(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis..
After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.
Use anthrax when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anthrax means (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis..
Common synonyms include charbon, Cumberland disease, malignant edema, Siberian plague.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.
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