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/ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/ · noun
A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi..
The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]
Use strangles when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Strangles means A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi..
Common synonyms include equine distemper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
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