charbon

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charbon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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