Webster's English Dictionary

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strangles

stran.gles \'stran-g*lz\ n [pl. of obs. strangle (act of strangling)] pl 
   but sing or pl in constr  : an infectious febrile disease of horses caused 
   by a bacterium (Strept ococcus equi) and marked by inflammation and 
   congestion of mucous membranes