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broken wind
broken wind W0167300 (wĭnd)n. See recurrent airway obstruction.
bro′ken-wind′ed (-wĭn′dĭd) adj.broken wind (wɪnd) n (Veterinary Science) vet science another name for heaves1heave (hiv)
v. heaved (esp. Naut.) hove; heav•ing; v.t. 1. to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax. 2. to throw, esp. to lift and throw with effort or force: to heave a stone through a window. 3. Naut. to move into a certain position or situation. 4. to utter laboriously or painfully: to heave a sigh. 5. to cause to rise and fall with a swelling motion: to heave one's chest. 6. to vomit; throw up. 7. to haul or pull on (a rope, cable, line, etc.). v.i. 8. to rise and fall in rhythmically alternate movements: The ship heaved and rolled. 9. to breathe with effort; pant. 10. to vomit; retch. 11. to rise as if thrust up, as a hill; swell or bulge. 12. to pull or haul on a rope, cable, etc. 13. Naut. to move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation: The ship hove into sight. 14. heave to, a. to stop the headway of (a vessel), esp. by bringing the head to the wind and trimming the sails. b. to come to a halt. n. 15. an act or effort of heaving. 16. a throw, toss, or cast. 17. the horizontal component of the apparent displacement resulting from a geologic fault, measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike. 18. the rise and fall of the waves or swell of a sea. 19. heaves, (used with a sing. v.) Also called broken wind. a disease of horses characterized by difficult breathing. Idioms: heave ho! (an exclamation used by sailors, as when heaving the anchor up.) [before 900; Middle English heven, variant (with -v- from preterit and past participle) of hebben, Old English hebban, c. Old Saxon hebbian, Old High German heffen, Old Norse hefja, Gothic hafjan] heav′er, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | broken wind - a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanksheavesanimal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings |
broken wind
break windTo pass gas; to be flatulent. Open a window—somebody broke wind in here!See also: break, windbroken windA medical condition in horses that causes difficulty breathing. I called the doctor when my horse started showing signs of broken wind.See also: broken, windbroken wind
broken wind[¦brō·kən ′wind] (veterinary medicine) heaves broken wind
heaves (hēvz), A condition of horses similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (e.g., farmer's lung) or airway hypersensitivity (hyperreactivity) syndrome associated with asthma-type conditions in humans; horse serves as a research model. Characterized by inflammation and reduced airway elasticity around the bronchioles and alveoli; and accumulation of inspissated exudates in the small airways, with bronchiectasis, bronchospasms, smooth muscle hypertrophy and fibrosis. It reduces pulmonary function. Clinical signs include coughing, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, reduces exercise tolerance, and expiratory dyspnea that, in chronic cases, leads to a heave line on the musculature located superficially on the caudovental aspect of the abdomen. Synonym(s): broken windbroken wind (wĭnd)n. A pulmonary disease of horses; the heaves.
bro′ken-wind′ed (-wĭn′dĭd) adj.FinancialSeebreakbroken wind
Synonyms for broken windnoun a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanksSynonymsRelated Words |