1. 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
   "The farmer contracted malignant pustule from handling infected livestock";
   - cutaneous anthrax

Derived forms: malignant pustules

Type of: anthrax

Encyclopedia: Malignant pustule