strangles
/ˈstræŋglz/plural noun
usu. treated as sing.
1- a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing（马的）腺疫, 传染性卡他。
1.1
- This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.这种病是由马链球菌引起的。
词源
early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle 'strangulation', from STRANGLE.