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spavin

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Noun

HYPHEN

spav=in

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spavin has 1 sense

spavin(n = noun.state) - a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness;

is a kind of

animal disease

has particulars: blood spavin, bog spavin, bone spavin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spavin, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG. sparwāri (G. sperber), fr. OHG. sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See Sparrow.].

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. Harbaugh. [1913 Webster]

Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood spavin. -- Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

spavin, n. Vet. a disease of a horse's hock with a hard bony tumour or excrescence.

Idiom

blood (or bog) spavin a distension of the joint by effusion of lymph or fluid. bone spavin a deposit of bony substance uniting the bones.

Derivative

spavined adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF espavin, var. of esparvain f. Gmc

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