spavin
/ˈspavɪn
/noun
A disorder of a horse’s hock. See bog spavin, bone spavin.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.
- Bone spavin is arthritis between the little joints in the hocks, which don't have much movement anyways.
Derivatives
spavined
Origin
Late Middle English: shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, of Germanic origin.