glanders

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

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glanders (uncountable)

1. An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans.
   • 2016, “Glanders” (45:01 from the start), in The Americans, season 4, episode 1:

     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.

• leprosy (obs.)

• Danglers, Legrands, danglers