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Spavin

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Noun

1. spavin

a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spavin

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noun
veterinary 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

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Spavin

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noun
a disease of horses in which a deposit of bone (bone spavin) or an infusion of lymph (bog spavin) develops in the hock joint, usually causing lameness

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spavin

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n.
1. Bog spavin.
2. Bone spavin.

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