RAGPICKER'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ragpicker's disease mean? 

• RAGPICKER'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun RAGPICKER'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RAGPICKER'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAGPICKER'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anthrax pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; pulmonary anthrax; ragpicker's disease; ragsorter's disease; woolsorter's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia

Hypernyms ("ragpicker's disease" is a kind of...):

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