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glanders

glanders

1 9.9
A contagious disease of horses that often kills them and can infect people
  • noun
  • /ˈɡlændərz/
  • Specialized
: glanders
  • The stable was quarantined after several animals showed symptoms of glanders.

Examples

  • The veterinary lab confirmed that the horse was suffering from glanders.

  • Glanders has been virtually eradicated in many countries, but isolated outbreaks still occur.

  • The veterinarian diagnosed the horse with glanders.

  • Is glanders a serious disease for horses?

  • The veterinary lab confirmed that the horse was suffering from glanders.

  • The stable was quarantined after several animals showed symptoms of glanders.

  • Glanders has been virtually eradicated in many countries, but isolated outbreaks still occur.

Surface Forms

glanders singular
glanders plural

Etymology

Glanders comes from an old word for gland, meaning a small 'swelling' or 'lump' in the body. The disease causes swollen glands and painful lumps on horses, so those visible swellings gave the illness its name.