glanders

[ glan-derz ]

noun(used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.
  1. a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.

Origin of glanders

1
1475–85; <Middle French glandres swollen glands <Latin glandulae swollen glands, literally, little acorns. See gland1, -ule

Other words from glanders

  • glan·der·ous, adjective

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glanders

/ (ˈɡlændəz) /


noun
  1. (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

Origin of glanders

1
C16: from Old French glandres enlarged glands, from Latin glandulae, literally: little acorns, from glāns acorn; see gland 1

Derived forms of glanders

  • glandered, adjective
  • glanderous, adjective

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