glanders
pronunciation
How to pronounce glanders in British English:
UK ['glændəz]
How to pronounce glanders in American English:
US ['glændəz]
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- Noun:
- a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans
Word Origin
- glanders (n.)
- "horse disease characterized by glandular swelling," early 15c., from Old French glandres "swollen glands," plural of glandre "gland," from Latin glandula (see gland).
Example
- 1. Doctor portman and captain glanders had to support the charges of the whole clavering society against the young reprobate .