Charbon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  malignant \ma*lig"nant\, a. [L. malignans, -antis, p. pr. of
     malignare, malignari, to do or make maliciously. See
     {Malign}, and cf. {Benignant}.]
     1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress;
        actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently
        inimical; bent on evil; malicious.


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              A malignant and a turbaned Turk.      --Shak.
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     2. Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
        "Malignant care." --Macaulay.
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              Some malignant power upon my life.    --Shak.
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              Something deleterious and malignant as his touch.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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     3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal
        issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
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     {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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Charbon \Char"bon\, n. [F., coal, charbon.]
     1. (Far.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity
        of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or
        mark has become obliterated.
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     2. A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and
        cattle. See {Maligmant pustule}.
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