garget

[ gahr-git ]

/ ˈgɑr gɪt /

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noun

Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.

pokeweed.

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Origin of garget

1580–90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, apparently the same word as Middle English garget, gargat throat <Middle French gargate

OTHER WORDS FROM garget

gar·get·y, adjective

Words nearby garget

Garfunkel, garg., garganey, Gargantua, gargantuan, garget, gargle, gargoyle, gargoylism, gari, garibaldi

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How to use garget in a sentence

The garget plant grows from three to six feet high, with a purple stalk, and strings of berries hanging down between the branches.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
The most common is where the milk is clotted or stringy when drawn, as in some forms of garget.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition|H. L. Russell
Perhaps one of the forms of garget, cow mammitis, is of an infectious character.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The last is especially the case with the poke or garget (Phytolacca decandra).
Excursions and Poems|Henry David Thoreau

Inflammation of the udder (garget) is a frequent trouble in every herd.
Outlines of dairy bacteriology|H. L. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for garget

garget

/ (ˈɡɑːɡɪt) /

noun

archaic inflammation of the mammary gland of domestic animals, esp cattle

Derived forms of garget

gargety, adjective

Word Origin for garget

C16 (in the sense: throat): from Old French gargate, perhaps from Latin gurges gulf

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