a. [mod. f. Gr. ἄνθρακ- (ἄνθραξ) coal, carbuncle + -IC.] Of or pertaining to the disease ‘anthrax.’
1881. Nature, No. 614. 328/2. Anthracic blood from a sheep which died of the disease.
1882. Manch. Guard., 20 March. The protective influence of anthracic inoculation.
