STRANGLES

n. Stra2n2'g''ls. Ger., Strcngel, Strenge. In the horse, a febrile disease generally attacking young animals and terminating in the formation of an absce or absce es in the areolar ti ue of the submaxillary space. The symptoms of choking give rise to this name, [a, 34.] Bastard s. An acute suppurath e inflammation of the lymphatics of the submaxillary region and sometimes of the salivary glands, with a tendency to suppurative inflammation of the lymphatic system of other parts, [a, 34.] [s. 545]