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Definition of: spavin
(spav′in) noun
A disease of the hock joint of horses, occurring either as an infusion of lymph within the joint (blood spavin or bog spavin) or as a bony deposit stiffening the joint (bone spavin). Also Scot. spa·vie (spā′vē, spav′ē). [<OF espavain, esparvain; ult. origin uncertain]
—spav′ined adjective
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