HyperDic: malignant_pustule

English > 1 sense of the expression malignant pustule:
NOUNstatemalignant pustule, cutaneous anthraxa form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins
English > malignant pustule: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Synonymcutaneous anthrax
BroaderanthraxA disease of humans that is not communicable
Spanishántrax cutáneo

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