Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anthrax_pneumonia

1 sense of anthrax pneumonia

Sense 1
pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease -- (a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse)
       => anthrax -- (a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia)