单词 | glanders |
释义 | glanders —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; < MF glandres swollen glands < L glandulae swollen glands, lit., little acorns. See GLAND1, -ULE] |
随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。