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spavin

N โรค ข้อเท้า บวม ที่ ขา หลัง ม้า 

 

spavined

A เป็นโรค  spavin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPAVIN

n.A tumor or excrescence that forms on the inside of a horse's hough, not far from the elbow; at first like gristle, but afterwards hard and bony.

 

SPAVINED

a.Affected with spavis.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPAVIN

Spav "in, n. Etym: [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG. sparwari (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. ] (Far. )

 

Defn: 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. 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.

 

SPAVINED

SPAVINED Spav "ined, a.

 

Defn: Affected with spavin.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spavin

spav in |ˈspavin ˈspævən | noun a disorder of a horse's hock. See bone spavin. DERIVATIVES spav ined adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spavin

spavin |ˈspavɪn | noun a disorder of a horse's hock. See bog spavin, bone spavin. DERIVATIVES spavined adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, of Germanic origin.