(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
narthex
narthex
noun
(architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
pharynx
pharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
(zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
saxhorn
saxhorn
noun
(music) Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves