quittor

American  

[kwit-er] / ˈkwɪt ər /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by chronic inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot and formation of fistulas that open above the coronet, usually resulting in lameness.

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quittor British  

/ ˈkwɪtə /

noun

1. vet science infection of the cartilages on the side of a horse's foot, characterized by inflammation and the formation of pus

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Etymology

Origin of quittor

1250–1300; Middle English quittere < Old French cuiture cooking < Latin coctūra, equivalent to coct ( us ) (past participle of coquere to cook ¹ ) + -ūra -ure

Example Sentences

Heavy shoes, large nails, and nails set too far back toward the heels, together with such diseases as canker, quittor, grease, and suppurative corns, must be included as occasional predisposing causes of sand cracks.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

This form of quittor is often complicated with the tendinous and subhorny quittors by an extension of the sloughing process.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Simple quittor consists in a local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous connective tissue on some part of the coronet, followed by a slough and the formation of an ulcer which heals by suppuration.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Prior to the development of a quittor there is always swelling at the coronet, accompanied with heat and pain.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Where there is dependable history or other evidence of the chronicity of an infectious inflammation of the kind, quittor is easily identified.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor