anthracoid

[ an-thruh-koid ]

adjective

1. resembling anthrax.
2. resembling coal or charcoal; carbonlike.

anthracoid

/ ˈænθrəˌkɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling anthrax
2. resembling carbon, coal, or charcoal

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthracoid¹

First recorded in 1880–85; anthrac- + -oid

Example Sentences

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

From Project Gutenberg

The parasitic nature of charbon was therefore absolutely demonstrated, first, by the constant presence of Bacillus anthracis in the blood of anthracoid animals, and second, by the pure culture of the parasite and the inoculation of animals with charbon by means of it.

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By a similar procedure the effects of the anthrax bacteridium and the microbe of pus may be combined and the two diseases may be superposed, so as to obtain a purulent anthrax or an anthracoid purulent infection.

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Summarizing—it appears from the preceding facts that it is possible to produce at will, purulent infections with no elements of putrescence, putrescent purulent infections, anthracoid purulent infections, and finally combinations of these types of lesions varying according to the proportions of the mixtures of the specific organisms made to act on the living tissues.

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