GLANDERS


Meaning of GLANDERS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -dərz ]

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

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