Etymology

mallein

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Today it means: A protein fraction obtained from Burkholderia mallei, used in testing for glanders. Full definition →

Latin malleus
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  1. Latin · derived frommalleus“glanders”
  2. English todaymallein

Latin malleus (“glanders”) and suffix -in.

Words from the same roots

Latinmalleus all →

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