ən noun ( used with a singular verb ) Veterinary Pathology.
a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
Also, mallanders, mallenders.
Compare sallenders.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English malaunder < Middle French malander < Latin malandria blister on a horse's neck; see -s3
1400–50; late Middle English malaunder < Middle French malander < Latin malandria blister on a horse's neck; see -s3
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malanders, mallanders or mallenders (ˈmæləndəz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —pl n | |
| (functioning as singular) a disease of horses characterized by an eczematous inflammation behind the knee | |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin malandria sore on the neck of a horse] | |
| mallanders, mallanders or mallenders | |
| —pl n | |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin malandria sore on the neck of a horse] | |
| mallenders, mallanders or mallenders | |
| —pl n | |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin malandria sore on the neck of a horse] | |
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