strangles

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
• Hyphenation: stran‧gles

strangles (uncountable)

1. A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
   • 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman, page 245:

     The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.

   • 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 81:

     Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]

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• strangles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “strangles”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Streptococcus equi at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

strangles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strangle

strangles

1. plural of strangle

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