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.

单词	spavin
释义	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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