Definition of Broken wind

1. Noun. A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.

Exact synonyms: Heaves
Generic synonyms: Animal Disease

Medical Definition of Broken wind

1. The heaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broken Wind

broken into
broken loose
broken off
broken out
broken record
broken reed
broken reeds
broken rhyme
broken rhymes
broken source
broken the fourth wall
broken time
broken up
broken vessel
broken vessels
broken wind (current term)
brokeness
brokenhearted
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedness
brokenly
brokenness
brokennesses
broker
broker-dealer
brokerage
brokerage account
brokerage firm
brokerage house
brokerages

Literary usage of Broken wind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse by William Youatt, John Stuart Skinner (1843)
"of the human being, gives us an explication of broken-wind, more satisfactory than is to be found in any of our veterinary writers. ..."

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