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strangles

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stran·gles  (strngglz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
An infectious disease of horses and related animals, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi and characterized by inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane and abscesses under the jaw and around the throat that cause a strangling or choking sensation.
[From Middle English strangle, strangulation, from stranglen, to strangle; see strangle.]
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Noun1.strangles - an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
equine distemper
distemper - any of various infectious viral diseases of animals


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First he cast upon the dogs which were guarding them a stupor and strangles, so that the dogs forgot the cows and lost the power of barking.
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