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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

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