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n. Bog spavin.

n. Bone spavin.

n. A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

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.

n. A disease of horses affecting the hock-joint, or joint of the hind leg between the knee and the fetlock. See bog-spavin, bloodspavin, bone-spavin.

n. In coal-mining, the clay underlying the coal. Also called under-clay, coal-clay, seat, seat-clay, etc.

n. a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

"-- A spavin is a chronic inflammation of the articular faces of the hock bones, ligaments and synovial membranes."

animal disease   

bog spavin    blood spavin    bone spavin   

wump    ringbone    quittor    long-enduring    all-right    laminitis    fore-leg    ossification    synovitis    one!