Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

anthracoid

[an-thruh-koid]
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. resembling anthrax.
  2. resembling coal or charcoal; carbonlike.

Origin of anthracoid

First recorded in 1880–85; anthrac- + -oid
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for anthracoid

anthracoid

adjective
  1. resembling anthrax
  2. resembling carbon, coal, or charcoal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
anthracoid in Medicine

anthracoid

(ăn′thrə-koid′)
adj.
  1. Characteristic of or resembling a carbuncle or cutaneous anthrax.
  2. Resembling anthrax.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.