Antianthrax

/ˌæntiˈænθræks/ adjective

Working against or preventing anthrax infection or disease.

From Greek 'anti-' (against) + 'anthrax' (from Greek for coal, named for the black skin lesions it causes). Developed as a medical term during the 19th century after Robert Koch identified anthrax as the first bacterium definitively linked to disease.

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