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coronary cushion

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noun

  1. a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.


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The apparent roughness is that they do not concern themselves with conserving the coronary cushion, and hesitate but little in cutting portions of it bodily away.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

From this it is clear that the condition depends primarily upon the amount and condition of the blood supplied to the coronary cushion.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

It is hollowed out at the expense of the wall, and shows on its surface numberless minute openings which receive the papillæ of the coronary cushion.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

As we have seen, this state of affairs is probably ushering in a condition of spreading suppuration of the coronary cushion, and considerable gangrene and sloughing of the skin.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Once destruction of the secreting layer of the coronary cushion has occurred, the appearance of the fissure in the wall will always have to be reckoned with.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

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