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strangles
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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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