osselet

[os-uh-lit]

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.

Origin of osselet

1680–90; < French: literally, little bone, Old French; see os¹, -let

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The osselet is oval or oblong, some provided with a slightly salient point.
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