a. Biol. [f. Gr. ἄνθρακ- (see ANTHRAX) + -OID.] Resembling, or having like nature to, anthrax.
1881. Daily News, 19 Sept., 5/3. Of course the ‘attenuated anthracoid microbe’ is not a panacea.
1883. Chamb. Jrnl., 13 Jan., 28/2. The germs of splenic fever, called ‘anthracoid microbes.’
