Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glanders

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: glan-ders
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.

Uncountable

name

plural of Glander

Example Sentences

"Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell): What is it? / William Crandall (Dylan Baker): It's Burkholderia mallei. Causes a disease called glanders. / Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): The innoculation we got was against a kind of meningitis. / William: This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a runny nose."

Etymology

From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: glandres, glandre, glandula

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

glandered pseudoglanders

Synonyms

leprosy

Questions

What does glanders mean?: An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
Where does glanders come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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