— glanderous , adj.
/glan"deuhrz/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) Vet. Pathol.
a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils. Cf. farcy .
[ 1475-85; glandres swollen glands glandulae swollen glands, lit., little acorns. See GLAND 1 , -ULE ]