glanders
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction \-dərz\Definition of GLANDERS
: a contagious and destructive disease especially of horses caused by a bacterium (Pseudomonas mallei syn. Actinobacillus mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions especially on the respiratory mucosae and lungs that tend to break down and form ulcers
Origin of GLANDERS
Middle French glandre glandular swelling on the neck, from Latin glandulae, from plural of glandula, diminutive of gland-, glans
First Known Use: 1523
glan·ders
noun plural but singular or plural in construction \-dərz\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of GLANDERS
: a contagious and destructive disease especially of horses caused by a bacterium of the genus Burkholderia (B. mallei synonym Pseudomonas mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions especially of the respiratory mucosae, lungs, and skin that tend to break down and form ulcers
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