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malanders
[ mal-uhn-derz ]
noun
- a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
malanders
/ ˈ³¾Ã¦±ôÉ™²Ô»åÉ™³ú /
plural noun
- functioning as singular a disease of horses characterized by an eczematous inflammation behind the knee
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of malanders1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of malanders1
Example Sentences
Among horses it is the agent in the production of necrotic malanders, quittor, and diphtheritic inflammation of the large intestine.
Also the "Malanders" meant leprosy, whence it came about that the epithet "Malandrin" was attached to a brigand, who, like the leper, was driven from society and forced to lead a lawless life.
Besides being spavined and having three of his hoofs injured by sand-crack, he had poll-evil, fistulas, malanders, ring-bone, capped hock, curb, splint, and several other maladies which made him a very suitable horse for the general public to bet against.
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