Definition of spavin Spavin

spav•in

We found 5 definitions of spavin from 5 different sources.

What does spavin mean?

Noun Plural: spavins
spavin - a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness
		animal disease a disease that typically does not affect human beings
		blood spavin spavin caused by distension of the veins
		bog spavin spavin caused by collection of fluids

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spavin (Noun)
A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

spavin (n.)
A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.

spavin
spav′in, n. a disease of horses occurring under two different forms—bog-spavin, in which the hock-joint is distended with dark-coloured synovia or joint-oil, and bone-spavin, in which a bony enlargement occurs towards the inside of the hock, at the head of the shank-bone, or between some of the small bones of the hock.—adj. Spav′ined, affected with spavin. [O. Fr. esparvain (Fr. éparvin)—Old High Ger. sparo, sparwe, a sparrow.]