单词 | woolsorters' disease |
释义 | woolsorters' disease in American English (ˈwʊlˌsɔrtərz) pulmonary anthrax, an occupational disease of workers in unprocessed wool, contracted by inhaling the spores of the anthrax bacillus woolsorters' disease in American English (ˈwulˌsɔrtərz) noun Pathology pulmonary anthrax in humans, caused by inhaling the spores of Bacillus anthracis, which may contaminate wool fleece Word origin [1875–80; wool + sorter + -s1]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, cross-fertilization, musical chairs, pressure point, weekend-s is a native English suffix used in the formation of adverbs. Other words that usethe affix -s include: always, betimes, needs, unawares |
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