See Also: pseudoglanders(medicine)
Lochaber-axe(dictionary)

Lochaber-axe (iou) and pseudoglanders (medicine)


Lochaber-axe (iou)



Lochaber-axe noun. E17.
[A district of the Highland region, NW Scotland.]
Hist. A large halberd with a hook at the end.

pseudoglanders (medicine)


pseudoglanders -->
melioidosis


A disease of humans and animals that resembles glanders. It is caused by burkholderia pseudomallei and may range from a dormant infection to a condition that causes multiple abscesses, pneumonia, and bacteraemia.