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strangles

Noun

stran=gles

WORDNET DICTIONARY

strangles(n = noun.state) equine distemper - an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes; Array

is a kind of distemper

strangles, n.

A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. [1913 Webster]

strangles, n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) an infectious streptococcal fever, esp. affecting the respiratory tract, in a horse, ass, etc.

Etymology

pl. of strangle (n.) f. STRANGLE

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