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glanders

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Noun — A contagious illness affecting horses and similar animals, caused by bacteria, which can sometimes pass to people.

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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, the plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. It is a doublet of glandule.

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