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GLANDERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glanders mean? 

GLANDERS (noun)
  The noun GLANDERS has 1 sense:

1. a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humansplay

  Familiarity information: GLANDERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLANDERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("glanders" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)


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