Source : WordNet®

anthrax
     n 1: a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and
          sheep); it can be transmitted to people [syn: {splenic
          fever}]
     2: a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by
        infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
     3: a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in
        animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits
        and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: {Bacillus
        anthracis}]
     [also: {anthraces} (pl)]

anthraces
     See {anthrax}