glanders

American  

[glan-derz] / ˈglæn dərz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. 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.

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glanders British  

/ ˈɡlændəz /

noun

1. (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

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Other Word Forms

• glandered adjective
• glanderous adjective

Etymology

Origin of glanders

1475–85; < Middle French glandres swollen glands < Latin glandulae swollen glands, literally, little acorns. See gland ¹, -ule

Example Sentences

Until recently, glanders was thought to have been under control in Brazil, restricted to certain parts of the country’s rural northeast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 25, 2016

The Brazilian government does not provide compensation for damages related to glanders, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 25, 2016

Coming into contact with glanders could prove fatal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2016

He mentioned the bacterium glanders, which was reportedly used by Germany in World War I and by Japan in World War II but seemed to Fauci a comparatively minor threat today.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

This will go on for months, or even for years, and recoveries occasionally take place, while in other cases, and especially when the conditions of life are bad, acute glanders supervene.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various