glanders en · NOUN
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Etymology
From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule.
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(uncountable) 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 nose.
2016, “Glanders” (45:01 from the start), in The Americans, season 4, episode 1:
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de Rotz (disease) · izh räkätauti (disease) · ga fothach (disease) · tr ruam (disease) · cs vozhřivka (disease) · scn morvu (disease) · ru сап (disease) · cmn 馬鼻疽 /马鼻疽 (disease) · ota مانقفا (disease) · nb snive (disease) · sco mortercheyn (disease) · ga boilg fola (disease) · sv snip (disease) · uk сап (disease) · it morva (disease) · sk sopľavka (disease) · tr sakağı (disease) · el μάλις (disease) · roa-opt mormo (disease) · la malleus (disease) · tr mankafa (disease) · ota رعام (disease) · hu takonykór (disease) · fi räkätauti (disease) · cy ysgyfaint (disease) · fa مشمشه (disease) · fr morve (disease) · gl mormo (disease) · ar رُعَام (disease) · ota صقاغی (disease) · sv rots (disease) · es muermo (disease) · ro morvă (disease) · ca borm (disease) · pt mormo (disease) · pl nosacizna (disease) · bg сап (disease)