- skin quittor
- a painful ulcer of the skin above the hoof.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
skin quittor
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quittor — ˈkwid.ə(r), itə noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English quittere, quiture pus, quittor, probably from Old French quiture, cuiture act of boiling, act of cooking, from Latin coctura, from coctus (past participle of coquere to cook, boil) + ura ure… … Useful english dictionary
quittor — quit·tor kwit ər n a purulent inflammation (as a necrobacillosis) of the feet esp. of horses and donkeys occurring chiefly in a cartilaginous form characterized by a chronic persistent inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot leading to… … Medical dictionary
quittor — /ˈkwɪtə/ (say kwituh) noun Veterinary Science any of various infections of the hoof of horses and other solid hoofed animals, in which tissues degenerate and form a slough, possibly involving tendons and bone as well as skin. {Middle English,… …
cutaneous quittor — Vet. Pathol. a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness. * * * … Universalium
cutaneous quittor — Vet. Pathol. a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness … Useful english dictionary
