strangles en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/ (General-American)
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Meanings
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(uncountable) A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman, page 245:Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 81:
Deriveds
Translations (24)
et nõlg (disease of horses) · tr su sakağısı (disease of horses) · izh päätauti (disease of horses) · nn kverksvull m kverksott (disease of horses) · pt garrotilho (disease of horses) · it stranguglione (disease of horses) · ru мыт (disease of horses) · fr gourme (disease of horses) · nl droes (disease of horses) · nn kversill (disease of horses) · ary خناقية (disease of horses) · ar خُنَان m خُنَاق (disease of horses) · sv kvarka (disease of horses) · io gurmo (disease of horses) · cs hříběcí (disease of horses) · wa goûmes (disease of horses) · fi pääntauti (disease of horses) · es gurma (disease of horses) · nn kverke (disease of horses) · pl zołzy (disease of horses) · de Druse (disease of horses) · da kværke (disease of horses) · ca galteres equines (disease of horses) · hu mirigykór (disease of horses)