malignant pustule

Noun malignant pustule has 1 sense

• malignant pustule(n = noun.state) cutaneous anthrax - a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal; Array
is a kind of anthrax