laminitis
IPA: ɫˈæmɪnˈɪti
noun
- (veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
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Examples of "laminitis" in Sentences
- Horses are also susceptible to laminitis, a disease of the lamina of the hoof.
- He's receiving from a condition called laminitis and he's being aggressively treated for pain.
- In the class of non-infectious affections one may consider conditions such as laminitis, strain and fractures.
- Barbaro's other hind hoof still recovering from that disease called laminitis that's caused by the uneven weight balance on his legs.
- Aloes is, again, contra-indicated when the laminitis is a result of excessively long journeys, and the patient is already greatly exhausted.
- The condition known as laminitis can become so severe that the horse cannot be sustained, as was the case with Barbaro and other famous racehorses.
- If they can't bear weight fully on the broken limb, they can develop something called laminitis, which is a problem in the foot of the opposite hind limb.
- He suffered something called laminitis, which is a wearing away, as I understand it, of the connective tissue between the hoof and the bone, a very painful condition.
- -- The term 'laminitis' is used to indicate a spontaneous and diffuse inflammation of the whole of the sensitive structures of the foot, more particularly the sensitive laminæ.
- Congestion of the laminal blood-vessels and consequent laminitis occurs when animals are made to maintain a standing position for prolonged periods, as, for instance, when making sea voyages.
- _ -- Those cases of simple congestion of the laminæ, which we erroneously call laminitis, are rapidly developed, the symptoms are but moderately severe, and but one to three days are required for recovery.