A kind of intestinal worm, esp. in horses; cf. truncheon, n. 5. Also: a colicky pain or cramp in the abdomen. Obsolete.

A swelling in the sheath of the penis and adjacent parts, incident to horses. Also transferred priapism.

A disorder of horses attributed to hard riding and overheating followed by sudden chilling, and characterized esp. by stiffness of the legs.

A form of jaundice in horses. Obsolete. rare.

Stiffness, muscular spasm or other dysfunction affecting the neck or back of a horse; an instance of this.

The condition of having a hernia, esp. an inguinal hernia; the development of a hernia; a hernia itself.

Any of various diseases affecting the skin of horses, esp. mange or glanders. Obsolete.

A disease in horses; = attaint, n. 3.

On a horse: a scar; (also) a flaw, a defect. Obsolete.

Farriery. A disorder of horses characterized by inflammation or infection of the bursa overlying the poll or the withers, which often results in…

An instance of this in horses; also with the, as the specific name of an ailment.

Abdominal pain (in a horse). Obsolete. rare.

A disease of horses.

A disease incident to horses and oxen. Obsolete.

Farriery. (See quot. 1601) Obsolete.

plural. ? = strangles, n. Obsolete.

a disease in horses characterized by insatiable hunger.

A cold in the head; catarrh.

The distemper of a horse that is crest-fallen.

A disease of horses (not identified).

A disorder of horses (see quot. 1876).

a rapidly spreading skin disease of horses, perhaps a form of ringworm or mange.

An inflammatory or infectious disease of the skin in horses. Obsolete.

Farriery. A disease of horses. ? Obsolete.

Of diseases. sudden stroke: apoplexy. sudden taking (see quot. 1688). Obsolete.

In plural. A disease of horses. ? Obsolete.

plural. (See quots.)

An infectious febrile disease of equine animals, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.

see chest-founder n.

A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the chest in horses. Called also body-founder, chest-founder.

Any of various acute, usually severe, infectious respiratory diseases in domestic or wild animals; spec. such diseases caused by type A influenza…

an acute virus disease of horses and related animals, marked by fever, difficulty in breathing, or swelling of the head, and endemic in Africa.

(see quots.).

(See quot. 1830.) Obsolete.

Veterinary Medicine. A pathological condition of horses in which certain muscles undergo rapid spasms, most commonly those in the hindquarters.

A sexually transmitted disease of horses and other equids, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma equiperdum and characterized by genital discharge…

(a) malarial fever prevalent in swampy regions; (b) a contagious virus disease of horses, causing anæmia, emaciation, and usually death.

a serious, often fatal, infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by an orbivirus, which is transmitted by midges of the genus Culic…

A pustular disease of horses, said, when communicated to cows, to produce cowpox.

= African horse sickness n.

a stroke or injury caused or supposed to be caused by the wind (see quots.).

spec. In plural. A beating of the chest in the horse due to spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm, analogous to the hiccup in man.

(a) Veterinary Medicine softening of the white matter of the brain in horses following a diet of mouldy corn; (b) Pathology inflammation of the…

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Designating a type of viral encephalitis or encephalomyelitis originally identified in horses in the western United…

Toxicosis caused by toxins of the graminivorous fungus Stachybotrys alternans, affecting esp. horses and characterized by hæmorrhage and necrosis.

a disease of horses caused by any of several equine herpesviruses, typically characterized by fever, nasal discharge, and conjunctivitis.