'Glanders' definitions:
Definition of 'glanders'
(from WordNet)
noun
A destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans
Definition of 'Glanders'
From: GCIDE
- Glanders \Glan"ders\, n. [From Gland.] (Far.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings. [1913 Webster]