woolsorters' disease

[ wool-sawr-terz ]

/ ˈwʊlˌsɔr tərz /

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noun Pathology.

pulmonary anthrax in humans, caused by inhaling the spores of Bacillus anthracis, which may contaminate wool fleece.

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Origin of woolsorters' disease

1875–80; wool + sorter + 's¹

Words nearby woolsorters' disease

woolman, woolpack, woolsack, woolshed, woolskin, woolsorters' disease, wool sponge, wool stapler, wool store, wool table, Woolwich

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How to use woolsorters' disease in a sentence

Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
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“Personal hotspots can get speeds of up to 60 Mb/s down, whereas hotel Wi-Fi can be as slow as 1.5 Mb/s,” Sesar said.
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It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
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Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
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As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
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Ajoutez cecy, s'il vous plaist, la grande difficult qu'il y a de tirer d'eux les mots mesmes qu'ils ont.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Neantmoins le vieil Membertou, pere du malade, conceut asss l'affaire, et me promit qu'on s'arresteroit tout ce que j'en dirois.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for woolsorters' disease

wool-sorter's disease

noun

another name for anthrax

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Medical definitions for woolsorters' disease

wool-sorter's disease

A pulmonary form of anthrax that results from the inhalation of spores of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis in the wool of contaminated sheep.