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woolsorter's disease

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pulmonary form of anthrax that results from the inhalation of bacterial spores in contaminated sheep's wool.

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  • noun anthrax

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  • noun 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

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