spavin

[ spav-in ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids bog spavin, bony growth bone spavin, or distention of the veins blood spavin.
2. an excrescence or enlargement so formed.

spavin

/ ˈspævɪn /

noun

1. vet science enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth ( bony spavin ) or fluid accumulation in the joint ( bog spavin ), usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness

Word History and Origins

Origin of spavin¹

1400–50; late Middle English spaveyne < Old French ( e ) spavain, esparvain swelling < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of spavin¹

C15: from Old French espavin, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Examples of such a condition are to be found in bog-spavin, in hygroma of the stifle, and sometimes in the fetlock.

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He must know th' difference bechune silo an' insilage, how to wean a bull calf, an' th' best way to cure a spavin.

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A lady further up on a grey, obviously suffering from spavin, was sailing over like a two-year old.

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Spavin, ringbone, splints, quittor and many other anomalous conditions may all be observed from certain proper angles.

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Fibrous tumors are sometimes located in the inferior part of the medial side of the tarsus—exactly over the seat of bone-spavin.

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