glanders
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glanders¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule.
noun
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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 runny
Similar: leprosy
Glanders²
proper noun
- plural of Glander
Translations
Talk about this word "glanders." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glanders. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. glanders. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glanders "glanders." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glanders.Cite this
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title = {glanders},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glanders},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
