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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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: glanders /ˈɡlændəz/ n - (functioning as singular) a highly infectious bacterial disease of horses, sometimes transmitted to man, caused by Actinobacillus mallei and characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes of the air passages, skin, and lymph glands
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French glandres enlarged glands, from Latin glandulae, literally: little acorns, from glāns acorn; see gland1 |