quittor

[ kwit-er ]

/ ˈkwɪt ər /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by chronic inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot and formation of fistulas that open above the coronet, usually resulting in lameness.

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Origin of quittor

1250–1300; Middle English quittere<Old French cuiture cooking <Latin coctūra, equivalent to coct(us) (past participle of coquere to cook¹) + -ūra-ure

Words nearby quittor

quitrent, quits, quittance, quitted trick, quitter, quittor, quit while one's ahead, quiver, quiverful, quivering, quiver leg

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How to use quittor in a sentence

We have already remarked that this is a point of interest to be remembered in connection with the operation for quittor.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
The overlapping of the edges of the crack before referred to occasionally gives rise to the condition known as false quittor.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
It may thus occur as a sequel to quittor, complicated sand-crack, suppurating corn, and punctured wounds of the feet.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks
In complicated sand-crack, suppurating corn, or in ordinary pricked foot quittor may be a sequel.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks

Any other diseased condition of the foot in which suppuration is present may in like manner terminate in quittor.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks

British Dictionary definitions for quittor

quittor

/ (ˈkwɪtə) /

noun

vet science infection of the cartilages on the side of a horse's foot, characterized by inflammation and the formation of pus

Word Origin for quittor

C13: perhaps from Old French cuiture a boiling, from Latin coctūra a cooking, from coquere to cook

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