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Glanders

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Glander form-of, plural
Noun
  1. 1
    An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans. uncountable

    "Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell): What is it? / William Crandall (Dylan Baker): It's Burkholderia mallei. Causes a disease called glanders. / Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): The innoculation we got was against a kind of meningitis. / William: This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a runny nose."

  2. 2
    a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula.

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