glan|ders

glan|ders
glan|ders «GLAN duhrz», noun.
a serious, contagious, bacterial disease of horses and mules, accompanied by fever, swellings beneath the lower jaw, and a profuse discharge from the nostrils. It can also be communicated to dogs, goats, sheep, and man.
[< Old French glandre; see etym. under gland1. (Cf.gland) Compare Late Latin glandulae swollen glands.]

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