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glanders Meaning & Definition

What Does Glanders Mean?

Glanders is a noun that means An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

Glanders Definition (Noun)

  1. An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

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Word Forms & Grammar

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Origin of Glanders

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

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