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glanders

glanders noun: an infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

Noun

glanders (uncountable)

  1. An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
    • Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell): What is it? / William Crandall (Dylan Baker): It's Burkholderia mallei. Causes a disease called glanders. / Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): The innoculation we got was against a kind of meningitis. / William: This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a...2016, “Glanders” (45:01 from the start), in The Americans, season 4, episode 1
    Synonyms:
    leprosy

Proper noun capitalized: Glanders

Glanders

  1. (plural) plural of Glander

glanders meaning in Arabic and Persian

glanders in Arabic

disease
رُعَام ruʕām

glanders in Persian

disease
مشمشه mešmeše

Synonyms of glanders

Origin of glanders

From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule.

Words formed from glanders

Questions about glanders

What does glanders mean?
Glanders means an infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
What is glanders in Arabic?
Glanders in Arabic is رُعَام (ruʕām). See Glanders meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is glanders?
Glanders can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near glanders in the dictionary

  1. glandectomies
  2. glandectomy
  3. Glander
  4. glandered
  5. glanderous
  6. glanders
  7. glandes
  8. glandes clitoridis
  9. glandes penes
  10. glandes penis
  11. glandes penium

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