Anthrax
noun
A serious disease that affects animals and humans, caused by bacteria and can be deadly.
She contracted anthrax from contaminated sheep wool.
Often appears as...
- contract anthrax
- inhalation anthrax
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Technical
noun
A heavy metal band formed in 1981.
Anthrax released their debut album in 1984.
Often appears as...
- anthrax band
- anthrax album
noun
A serious disease that affects animals and humans, caused by bacteria and can be deadly.
She contracted anthrax from contaminated sheep wool.
Often appears as...
- contract anthrax
- inhalation anthrax
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A heavy metal band formed in 1981.
Anthrax released their debut album in 1984.
Often appears as...
- anthrax band
- anthrax album
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Seriousness
Anthrax is a severe illness and mentioning it suggests a serious, potentially fatal situation.
Due to an anthrax outbreak, the entire farm was quarantined.
Pro Tip 2/3Various Forms
Anthrax can be found in different forms, often specified by 'inhalation,' 'cutaneous,' or 'gastrointestinal.'
Farm workers were vaccinated against inhalation anthrax due to its airborne risks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human-Origin
Anthrax is caused by bacteria, not created by humans, though it can be a biohazard.
The laboratory studied anthrax bacteria to understand its pathology.
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Seriousness
Anthrax is a severe illness and mentioning it suggests a serious, potentially fatal situation.
Due to an anthrax outbreak, the entire farm was quarantined.
Pro Tip 2/3Various Forms
Anthrax can be found in different forms, often specified by 'inhalation,' 'cutaneous,' or 'gastrointestinal.'
Farm workers were vaccinated against inhalation anthrax due to its airborne risks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human-Origin
Anthrax is caused by bacteria, not created by humans, though it can be a biohazard.
The laboratory studied anthrax bacteria to understand its pathology.
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Seriousness
Anthrax is a severe illness and mentioning it suggests a serious, potentially fatal situation.
Due to an anthrax outbreak, the entire farm was quarantined.
Pro Tip 2/3Various Forms
Anthrax can be found in different forms, often specified by 'inhalation,' 'cutaneous,' or 'gastrointestinal.'
Farm workers were vaccinated against inhalation anthrax due to its airborne risks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Human-Origin
Anthrax is caused by bacteria, not created by humans, though it can be a biohazard.
The laboratory studied anthrax bacteria to understand its pathology.
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
still not putting the world at large at any kind of risk. Alright, so I've got you nervous. Now you probably assume, well the governments are going to do something. And we have spent a lot of money. Most of the spending in the Bush administration has actually been more related to the anthrax results
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Munir Virani: Why I love...
a high risk of extinction. So why are vultures important? First of all, they provide vital ecological services. They clean up. They're our natural garbage collectors. They clean up carcasses right to the bone. They help to kill all the bacteria. They help absorb anthrax
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The biology of our best...
letters with anthrax, airplanes as weapons, mass rape as a military strategy. We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when it's the right kind, we cheer it on, we hand out medals,
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Investigating an Anthrax...
I assure you this won't get blown out of proportion. Better not. I asked for a babysitter and was promised you'd have an iron grip on the situation. Mayor-- sir. We just got results from Erin O'Connor's latest biopsy. She's positive for anthrax.
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How Solving this Medical...
been available for well over a century but that was it as a result of the work of people like you a pastor you started to see vaccines introduced for anthrax for cholera and for typhoid one of the most important public health innovations
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Vultures: The...
Their acidic stomachs protect them from living animals their rancid vomit scares off most predators. These stomachs of steel are essential to removing pathogens like cholera, anthrax, and rabies from the African ecosystem.
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The Hot Zone: Anthrax...
anniversary of the anthrax attacks and i think it is really important for the story to be told people are going to be shocked when they see the inside pieces of this unbelievable event and put everybody on edge
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Stuffing Dead Pets PIPE...
of what you remember he wears gloves for his own protection even a dead animal can harm him potentially passing on diseases like anthrax Lyme's disease
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Kary Mullis' next-gen...
Why did they not die? And they didn't die because they didn't have anthrax anymore. So we did it. Okay? Mission accomplished!
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Aerial imagery tech that...
anthrax and other weapons which they say they've gotten rid of and I shall I would trust them because you know
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Laurie Garrett: What can...
still not putting the world at large at any kind of risk. Alright, so I've got you nervous. Now you probably assume, well the governments are going to do something. And we have spent a lot of money. Most of the spending in the Bush administration has actually been more related to the anthrax results
Video examples
Munir Virani: Why I love...
a high risk of extinction. So why are vultures important? First of all, they provide vital ecological services. They clean up. They're our natural garbage collectors. They clean up carcasses right to the bone. They help to kill all the bacteria. They help absorb anthrax
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The biology of our best...
letters with anthrax, airplanes as weapons, mass rape as a military strategy. We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when it's the right kind, we cheer it on, we hand out medals,
Video examples
Investigating an Anthrax...
I assure you this won't get blown out of proportion. Better not. I asked for a babysitter and was promised you'd have an iron grip on the situation. Mayor-- sir. We just got results from Erin O'Connor's latest biopsy. She's positive for anthrax.
Video examples
How Solving this Medical...
been available for well over a century but that was it as a result of the work of people like you a pastor you started to see vaccines introduced for anthrax for cholera and for typhoid one of the most important public health innovations
Video examples
Vultures: The...
Their acidic stomachs protect them from living animals their rancid vomit scares off most predators. These stomachs of steel are essential to removing pathogens like cholera, anthrax, and rabies from the African ecosystem.
Video examples
The Hot Zone: Anthrax...
anniversary of the anthrax attacks and i think it is really important for the story to be told people are going to be shocked when they see the inside pieces of this unbelievable event and put everybody on edge
Video examples
Stuffing Dead Pets PIPE...
of what you remember he wears gloves for his own protection even a dead animal can harm him potentially passing on diseases like anthrax Lyme's disease
Video examples
Kary Mullis' next-gen...
Why did they not die? And they didn't die because they didn't have anthrax anymore. So we did it. Okay? Mission accomplished!
Video examples
Aerial imagery tech that...
anthrax and other weapons which they say they've gotten rid of and I shall I would trust them because you know
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Back from 2001 to 2003, I wrote multiple editorials for The Washington Post about biological warfare and pandemic preparedness - issues that were at the top of everyone's agenda in the wake of 9/11 and the brief anthrax scare. At the time, some very big investments were made into precisely those issues, especially into scientific research.
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Steven Hatfill
American Scientist
I acknowledge the right of the authorities and the press to satisfy themselves as to whether I am the anthrax mailer. This does not, however, give them the right to smear me and gratuitously make a wasteland of my life in the process. I will not be railroaded.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.
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Adam Schiff
American Politician
Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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Darrell Hammond
American Comedian
Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking.
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Scott Ian
American Musician
Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Back from 2001 to 2003, I wrote multiple editorials for The Washington Post about biological warfare and pandemic preparedness - issues that were at the top of everyone's agenda in the wake of 9/11 and the brief anthrax scare. At the time, some very big investments were made into precisely those issues, especially into scientific research.
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Steven Hatfill
American Scientist
I acknowledge the right of the authorities and the press to satisfy themselves as to whether I am the anthrax mailer. This does not, however, give them the right to smear me and gratuitously make a wasteland of my life in the process. I will not be railroaded.
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Hans Blix
Swedish Diplomat
You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.
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Adam Schiff
American Politician
Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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Darrell Hammond
American Comedian
Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.
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Ann Coulter
American Journalist
Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking.
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Scott Ian
American Musician
Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
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