glanders
Meaning
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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Etymology
In summary
From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula.
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