-də(r)z noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Middle French glandres, plural of glandre glandular swelling especially on the neck, from Old French, from Latin glandula, diminutive of gland-, glans acorn
: a highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses and other equines or sometimes of other animals (as dogs, guinea pigs, or man) that is caused by a bacterium ( Actinobacillus mallei syn. Malleomyces mallei or Pfeifferella mallei ) and that is characterized by caseating nodular lesions which tend to break down and form ulcers in mucous membranes, skin, and visceral organs and especially in lymph nodes and along the course of lymphatic vessels and which may be accompanied by fever and edema and secondary symptoms referable to pulmonary, gastrointestinal, or other special organ involvement — compare farcy