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STRANGLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strangles mean?
• STRANGLES (noun)
The noun STRANGLES has 1 sense:
1. an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
Familiarity information: STRANGLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
equine distemper; strangles
Hypernyms ("strangles" is a kind of...):
distemper (any of various infectious viral diseases of animals)
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