quittor

American  

[kwit-er] / ˈkwɪt ər /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. 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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quittor British  

/ ˈkwɪtə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of quittor

1250–1300; Middle English quittere < Old French cuiture cooking < Latin coctūra, equivalent to coct ( us ) (past participle of coquere to cook ¹ ) + -ūra -ure

Example Sentences

This form of quittor is often complicated with the tendinous and subhorny quittors by an extension of the sloughing process.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

This is the most serious form of corns, for the reason that it may induce gangrene of the plantar cushion, cartilaginous quittor, or caries of the coffin bone.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Never inject a quittor if considerable lameness is present.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Heavy shoes, large nails, and nails set too far back toward the heels, together with such diseases as canker, quittor, grease, and suppurative corns, must be included as occasional predisposing causes of sand cracks.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Symptoms.—Lameness, lasting from one to three or four days, nearly always precedes the development of the strictly local evidences of quittor.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.