Medical and biological term for the disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. Often used in the compound 炭疽病 (anthrax disease).
See also: 炭疽病
Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by bacteria.
An outbreak of anthrax was reported.
anthrax · anthracnose
Bacillus anthracis; anthrax bacteria
inhalation anthrax; pulmonary anthrax
intestinal anthrax
cutaneous anthrax
gastrointestinal anthrax
Standard kanji spelling for anthrax.
Simplified spelling using kana for the second character; less common but recognized.
From Chinese 炭疽 (tànjū), literally 'charcoal ulcer', referring to the black eschar characteristic of cutaneous anthrax.