ANTHRAX
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anthrax is worth 23 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, anthrax
(n.) A carbuncle.
(n.) A malignant pustule.
(n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
(n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped 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.