2006-11-30

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2006-11-30 07:22 am

glanders

glanders - n., a contagious bacterial disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.


Wiki. From Old French, from Latin glandulae, swollen glands, literally little acorns.

---L.