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coronary cushion

American  

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 Anterior Branch descends in front of the vein, distributing cutaneous branches to the front of the digit, and terminating in the coronary cushion.

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

Neither is treatment of any use if any great loss of the coronary cushion has occurred.

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

In the foot stripped of the hoof the coronary cushion is seen as a rounded structure overhanging the sensitive laminæ after the manner of a cornice.

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

They here affect the wall just where the bevel in it for the accommodation of the coronary cushion has rendered it weakest.

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

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