glanders

glan·ders

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \-dərz\

Definition of GLANDERS

: a contagious and destructive disease especially of horses caused by a bacterium (Pseudomonas mallei syn. Actinobacillus mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions especially on the respiratory mucosae and lungs that tend to break down and form ulcers

Origin of GLANDERS

Middle French glandre glandular swelling on the neck, from Latin glandulae, from plural of glandula, diminutive of gland-, glans

First Known Use: 1523