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MALIGNANT PUSTULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malignant pustule mean? 

MALIGNANT PUSTULE (noun)
  The noun MALIGNANT PUSTULE has 1 sense:

1. 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 fatalplay

  Familiarity information: MALIGNANT PUSTULE used as a noun is very rare.


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MALIGNANT PUSTULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cutaneous anthrax; malignant pustule

Hypernyms ("malignant pustule" is a kind of...):

anthrax (a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia)


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