Glanders

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glanders
       n : a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses
           that can be transmitted to humans