glanders


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glanders /ˈglandəz/
plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a rare contagious disease that mainly affects horses, characterized by swellings below the jaw and mucous discharge from the nostrils.
– origin C15: from OFr. glandre (see gland1).
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