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词汇 spavin
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Definition of spavin in English:

spavin

noun ˈspavɪnˈspævən
  • A disorder of a horse's hock.

    (马的)跗关节内肿,关节内肿。见 spavin,bone spavin

    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.

Derivatives

  • spavined

  • adjective

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:

spavin

nounˈspavənˈspævən
  • A disorder of a horse's hock.

    (马的)跗关节内肿,关节内肿。见 spavin,bone spavin

    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.

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