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pseudoglanders[¦sü·dō′glan·dərz] (veterinary medicine) An infectious bacterial lymphangitis of horses and other equines caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and characterized by ulcerating nodules of the lymph nodes in the legs. pseudoglanders
mel·i·oi·do·sis (mel'ē-oy-dō'sis), An infectious disease of rodents in India and Southeast Asia that is caused by Pseudomonas pseudomallei and is communicable to humans. The characteristic lesion is a small caseous nodule, found generally throughout the body, which breaks down into an abscess; symptoms vary according to the tracts or organs involved. Synonym(s): pseudoglanders, Whitmore disease [G. mēlis, a distemper of asses, + eidos, resemblance, + -osis, condition] pseudoglanders (1) Melioidosis, see there. (2) Epizootic lymphangitis, see there. |