Main Entry: glan·ders

Pronunciation: \-dərz\

Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Etymology: Middle French glandre glandular swelling on the neck, from Latin glandulae, from plural of glandula, diminutive of gland-, glans

Date: 1523

: 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