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STRANGLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
Synonyms:
equine distemper; strangles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("strangles" is a kind of...):
distemper (any of various infectious viral diseases of animals)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb strangle