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Detailed Synonyms for woolsorter's disease in English
woolsorter's disease:
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the woolsorter'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 woolsorter's disease; the woolsorter's pneumonia; the anthrax pneumonia; the inhalation anthrax; the pulmonary anthrax; the ragpicker's disease; 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 1