Look up: spavin

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   spavin
   [n] - a swelling of the hock joint of a horse
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   Spavin
   Spav'in noun [ Middle English spaveyne , Old French esparvain , French éparvin ; akin to Old French espervier a sparrow hawk, French épervier , from Old High German sparwāri (G. sperber ), from Old High German sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See Sp ...
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   spavin
   <veterinary> A disease of horses characterised by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumour as popularly supposed. Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock ...
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   spavin
   noun a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
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   Spavin
   In equine veterinary medicine there are two types of spavins, both relating to the hock: * Bone spavin is degenerative joint disease of the distal intertarsal and tarsometatarsal joints of the hock. * Bog spavin is synovial distension of the tarsocrural (or tibiotarsal) joint of the hock.
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   Spavin
   • (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
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   spavin
   spavin (spăv'in) , disease of horses affecting the hock joint. There are two types—bog spavin, in which the hock joint is distended as a result of the collection of synovial fluid; and bone spavin, the bony enlargement of the bones that constitute the hock joint. The latter is a form...
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