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glanders [ˈglændəz] n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (functioning as singular) a highly infectious bacterial disease of horses, sometimes transmitted to man, caused by Actinobacillus mallei and characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes of the air passages, skin, and lymph glands [from Old French glandres enlarged glands, from Latin glandulae, literally: little acorns, from glāns acorn; see gland1] glandered adj glanderous adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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I could not save poor dear General Glanders, who was dying under the hands of that ignorant man--dying. A horse is mortal; suppose mine had had the glanders or the farcy? |
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