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splenic fever

Anthrax \An"thrax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.]

  1. (Med.)

    1. A carbuncle.

    2. A malignant pustule.

  2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism ( Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

  3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped gram-positive bacterium ( Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

Wiktionary
splenic fever

n. (context medicine English) An old name for anthrax.

WordNet
splenic fever

n. a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people [syn: anthrax]