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coronitis

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[kawr-uh-nahy-tis, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈnaɪ tɪs, ˌkɒr- /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.
  1. inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.


Etymology

Origin of coronitis

First recorded in 1885–90; coron(a) + -itis

Example Sentences

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It may also result from suppurating corn, from a severe tread or overreach, or from the effects of a slowly progressing suppurating coronitis.

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

Thus, as with simple coronitis, anything lowering the vitality of the parts, and so favouring infection of the skin, may bring about a quittor.

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

Apart from severe injury, a particularly troublesome form of coronitis may arise from the condition of the roads.

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

This affection may therefore follow on a case of acute coronitis, a case of suppurating corn, a case of quittor, a severe case of tread, or may attend a case of laminitis.

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

It occurs, too, as a complication in suppurating corn, in severe tread, in complicated sand-crack, as a result of the spread of suppurative matter in acute coronitis, and in sub-horny quittor.

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

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