glanders
/ˈglændəz/plural noun
usu. treated as sing.
1- a rare contagious disease that mainly affects horses, characterized by swellings below the jaw and mucous discharge from the nostrils(马)鼻疽(病)。
1.1
- This disease is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei.该疾病是由鼻疽假单胞菌引起的。
词源
late 15th cent.: from Old French glandre (see GLAND1).