Medical Dictionary
glanders
noun pl but singular or pl in constr glan·ders \-dərz\
Medical Definition of GLANDERS
: a contagious and destructive disease especially of horses caused by a bacterium of the genus Burkholderia (B. mallei synonym Pseudomonas mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions especially of the respiratory mucosae, lungs, and skin that tend to break down and form ulcers
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