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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glan•ders (glan′dərz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.) [Vet. Pathol.]- Veterinary Diseasesa 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.
- Latin glandulae swollen glands, literally, little acorns. See gland1, -ule
- Middle French glandres swollen glands
- 1475–85
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