miltvuur
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of milt (“spleen”) + vuur (“fire, inflammation, infection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪltfyr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: milt‧vuur
Noun
miltvuur n (uncountable)
- The highly contagious disease anthrax which kills humans and animals
Synonyms
- antrax (Latin)
- miltbrand m
- milttering
- miltziekte (wider?)
Derived terms
- miltvuurbacil m
Related terms
- mildzucht
Descendants
- → West Frisian: miltfjoer (calque)