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STRANGLES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strangles mean? 

STRANGLES (noun)
  The noun STRANGLES has 1 sense:

1. an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


STRANGLES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

equine distemper; strangles

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

distemper (any of various infectious viral diseases of animals)


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