glander
9.9
A person or animal infected with a disease that mainly affects horses
- noun
- /ˈɡlændər/
- Specialized
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glandero
- After the outbreak of glander in the stable, all the horses had to be quarantined to prevent further infection.
Examples
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Reinhard Glander
Academic text (2002) -
The flies carried glanders, a bacterial infection which in humans causes boils.
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The veterinarian diagnosed the horse with glander, a serious contagious disease that primarily affects equines.
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Farmers must be vigilant for symptoms of glander to protect their horses from this infectious illness.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word glander comes from an old word for gland, a small swelling or lump. Because the disease makes painful lumps near a horse's glands, a glander is an animal that has this infection.
