English
Detailed Synonyms for ragpicker's disease in English
ragpicker's disease:
ragpicker's disease [the ~] noun
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the ragpicker'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