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STRANGLES

\stɹˈaŋɡə͡lz], \stɹˈaŋɡə‍lz], \s_t_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_əl_z]\

Definitions of STRANGLES

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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An equine disease.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A contagious disorder peculiar to young horses, in which a tumour is formed under the jaw.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A disease of horses in which tumours form in the throat under the jaw.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Infectious disease of horses with mucopurulent inflammation of the respiratory mucous membrane.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

In the horse, a febrile disease generally attacking young animals and terminating in the formation of an abscess or abscesses in the areolar tissue of the submaxillary space. The symptoms of choking give rise to this name.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A tumour or swelling in a horse's throat.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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