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Definition of Ringbone
1. n. A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.
Definition of Ringbone
1. Noun. osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones of a horse's foot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ringbone
1. a bony growth on a horse's foot [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ringbone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringbone
Literary usage of Ringbone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1856)
"ringbone is a bony tumor — exostosis — situated on or in the vicinity of the ...
Some very curious notions are entertained of the nature of ringbone. ..."
2. The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes by George H. Dadd (1854)
"ringbone is a bony tumor — exostosis — situated on or in the vicinity of the ...
Some very curious notions are entertained of the nature of ringbone. ..."
3. Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners: A Manual of Horse Medicine and Surgery by Matthew Horace Hayes (1903)
"This form, although not nearly such a serious affection Fig. 87.—ringbone on off
fore. as the next two kinds, occasionally causes ..."
4. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1911)
"ringbone. A ringbone is the growth of a bony tumor on the ankle. ... The first
symptom of an actively developed ringbone is the appearance of a lameness ..."
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