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Webster 1913 Edition
Glanders
Glan′ders
,Noun.
[From
Gland
.] (Far.)
A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glanders
GLAND'ERS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
glanders
glanders
English
Noun
glanders (uncountable)
- An infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
Translations
disease