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glandered

American  
[glan-derd] / ˈglæn dərd /

adjective

Veterinary Pathology.
  1. affected with glanders.


Other Word Forms

  • nonglandered adjective

Etymology

Origin of glandered

First recorded in 1660–70; glander(s) + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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The horse thus vicariously fulfilling the functions of a plate of soup was a wretched glandered beast—not old, but shunned on account of the contagious nature of his disease.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 by Various

While a student the writer saw a lion in the service of Prof. Trasbot, at Alfort, which had contracted the disease by eating glandered meat and died with the lung riddled with nodules.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

A horse slips and injures a joint; a horse stumbles and breaks his knees to the bone; a horse eats out of a manger in which a glandered horse has eaten.

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

Closely allied to this is infection by inhaling the exhalations of glandered horses, and this doubtless accounts for some few cases which have been recorded as communicated through the unbroken skin.

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

Gosh darn it," Si exploded, "what glandered fool was it that couldn't tell 'backer-sick from smallpox?

From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by McElroy, John