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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLAND'ERS, n. [from gland.] In farriery, the running of corrupt slimy matter from the nose of a horse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle French glandre glandular swelling on the neck, from Latin glandulae, from plural of glandula, diminutive of gland-, glans Date: 1523 a contagious and destructive disease especially of horses caused by a bacterium (Pseudomonas mallei syn. Actinobacillus mallei) and characterized by caseating nodular lesions especially on the respiratory mucosae and lungs that tend to break down and form ulcers

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. (also treated as sing.) 1 a contagious disease of horses, caused by a bacterium and characterized by swellings below the jaw and mucous discharge from the nostrils. 2 this disease in humans or other animals. Derivatives: glandered adj. glanderous adj. Etymology: OF glandre: see GLAND(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.