GLANDERS

[glan.ders] n pl but sing or pl in constr [MF glandre glandular swelling on the neck, fr. L glandulae, fr. pl. of glandula, dim. of gland-, glans] (1523): a contagious and destructive disease esp. of horses caused by a bacterium (Pseudomonas mallei syn. Actinobacillus mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions esp. on the respiratory mucosae and lungs that tend to break down and form ulcers