glanders

[glan-derz]

noun (used with a singular verb) Veterinary Pathology.

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.

Compare farcy.

Origin of glanders

1475–85; < Middle French glandres swollen glands < Latin glandulae swollen glands, literally, little acorns. See gland¹, -ule

Related formsglan·der·ous, adjective

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Historical Examples of glanders

He insisted that I had typhoid fever, and glanders, and cholera.
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion
George W. Peck
They seemed to have the pip, or glanders, or boll-weevil, or something unpleasant.
Perkins of Portland
Ellis Parker Butler
Up to 1812 the communication of glanders to man failed to be recognized.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I
Various
Youatt says, there is not a disease which may not lay the foundation for glanders.
Domestic Animals
Richard L. Allen
Horses found to be affected with glanders within six months of entry are slaughtered without compensation.
Canada West 1914
Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for glanders

glanders

noun

(functioning as singular) a highly infectious bacterial disease of horses, sometimes transmitted to man, caused by Actinobacillus mallei and characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes of the air passages, skin, and lymph glands

Derived Formsglandered, adjectiveglanderous, adjective

Word Origin for glanders

C16: from Old French glandres enlarged glands, from Latin glandulae, literally: little acorns, from glāns acorn; see gland 1

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Word Origin and History for glanders

"horse disease characterized by glandular swelling," early 15c., from Old French glandres "swollen glands," plural of glandre, from Latin glandula (see gland).