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glan•ders
Pronunciation: (glan'durz), [key]—
n. (used with a sing. v.) Vet. Pathol.
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. Cf.
farcy.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.