noun
Medical term for the bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis, affecting both animals and humans.
炭疽病は家畜から人に感染することがある。
Anthrax can sometimes be transmitted from livestock to humans.
noun
anthracnose
Botanical term for a group of fungal diseases causing dark lesions on leaves, stems, and fruits of plants.
このキュウリの葉の黒い斑点は炭疽病の症状です。
These dark spots on the cucumber leaves are symptoms of anthracnose.
Compound of 炭疽 (tanso, 'anthrax') + 病 (byō, 'disease'). 炭疽 itself is a Sino-Japanese term combining 炭 (tan, 'charcoal') and 疽 (so, 'carbuncle, ulcer'), referring to the black eschar characteristic of cutaneous anthrax.