单词 | glanders |
释义 | Word Frequency glanders(ˈɡlændəz) noun (functioning as singular) a highly infectious bacterial disease of horses, sometimes transmitted to humans, caused by Actinobacillus mallei and characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes of the air passages, skin, and lymph glands Derived forms glandered (ˈglandered) adjective glanderous (ˈglanderous) adjective Word origin C16: from Old French glandres enlarged glands, from Latin glandulae, literally: little acorns, from glāns acorn; see gland1 |
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