noun
inhalation anthrax; pulmonary anthrax
Medical term for anthrax contracted by inhaling spores, causing severe respiratory infection.
肺炭疽は、炭疽菌の胞子を吸い込むことで発症する。
Inhalation anthrax develops by inhaling spores of the anthrax bacterium.
皮膚炭疽 is cutaneous anthrax, contracted through skin contact, while 肺炭疽 is through inhalation.
Compound of 肺 (lung) and 炭疽 (anthrax). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical condition.