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Detailed Synonyms for ragsorter's disease in English
ragsorter's disease:
ragsorter's disease [the ~] nom
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the ragsorter's disease
– 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 1the ragpicker's disease; the ragsorter's disease; the woolsorter's disease; the woolsorter's pneumonia; the anthrax pneumonia; the inhalation anthrax; the pulmonary anthrax– 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 1