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Woolsorter's Disease

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Noun

1. anthrax pneumonia, inhalation anthrax, pulmonary anthrax, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia

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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Woolsorter's Disease

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

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