Malignant pustule
Definition of Malignant pustule
(Med.)
a
very
contagious
disease
produced
by
infection
of
subcutaneous
tissues
with
the
bacterium
Bacillus
anthracis
.
It
is
transmitted
to
man
from
animals
and
is
characterized
by
the
formation
,
at
the
point
of
reception
of
the
infection
,
of
a
vesicle
or
pustule
which
first
enlarges
and
then
breaks
down
into
an
unhealthy
ulcer
.
It
is
marked
by
profound
exhaustion
and
often
fatal
.
The
disease
in
animals
is
called
charbon
;
in
man
it
is
called
cutaneous
anthrax
,
and
formerly
was
sometimes
called
simply
anthrax
.
See
under
Malignant
.
See also:
malignant
Pustule
Related Words
anthrax
,
cutaneous
anthrax
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