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Definition of spavin in English: spavinnoun ˈspavɪnˈspævən A disorder of a horse's hock. See bog spavin, bone spavin Example sentencesExamples - Bone spavin is arthritis between the little joints in the hocks, which don't have much movement anyways.
- Bog spavins can be large and highly visible, and make horse-owners very nervous, but they're just lumps - not lamenesses.
- Like osteoarthritis in people, the cause of spavin is not very well understood.
- Among all the sports medicine problems faced by the horse, bone spavin is probably the most common.
- Although bone spavin usually causes lameness, this may be obscured if the lesions are bilateral.
Origin Late Middle English: shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, of Germanic origin. Rhymes Gavin, ravin, ravine, savin Definition of spavin in US English: spavinnounˈspavənˈspævən A disorder of a horse's hock. See bone spavin Example sentencesExamples - Among all the sports medicine problems faced by the horse, bone spavin is probably the most common.
- Like osteoarthritis in people, the cause of spavin is not very well understood.
- Bog spavins can be large and highly visible, and make horse-owners very nervous, but they're just lumps - not lamenesses.
- Although bone spavin usually causes lameness, this may be obscured if the lesions are bilateral.
- Bone spavin is arthritis between the little joints in the hocks, which don't have much movement anyways.
Origin Late Middle English: shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, of Germanic origin. |