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

1 sense of cutaneous anthrax

Sense 1
cutaneous anthrax, malignant pustule -- (a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal)
       => anthrax -- (a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia)