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| glan·ders [ glándərz ] |
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infectious horse disease: an infectious, often fatal, disease of horses, characterized by ulcers of the skin, lungs, or upper respiratory tract and heavy discharge of mucus from the nose. It is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei.
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| [15th century. < Old French glandres "swelling of the glands" < Latin glandula (see gland1)] |
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 glan·dered adjective |
| glan·der·ous adjective |
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