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grease-heel — (grēs hēlґ) greasy heel … Medical dictionary
grease heel — noun or greasy heel : a chronic inflammation of the skin of the fetlocks and pasterns of horses marked by an excess of oily secretion, ulcerations, and in severe cases general swelling of the legs, nodular excrescences, and a foul smelling… … Useful english dictionary
grease — [grēs; ] for v., also [ grēz] n. [ME gresse < OFr craisse < VL * crassia < L crassus, fat, thick: see CRASS] 1. melted animal fat 2. any thick, oily substance or lubricant, esp. the substance that is put on the moving parts of… … English World dictionary
grease — greaseless, adj. greaselessness, n. greaseproof, adj. n. /grees/; v. /grees, greez/, n., v., greased, greasing. n. 1. the melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when in a soft state. 2. fatty or oily matter in general; lubricant. 3. Also called… … Universalium
grease — (grēs) greasy heel … Medical dictionary
greasy heel — swelling and seborrheic dermatitis in the region of the fetlock and pastern on the back of a horse s leg, with formation of cracks in the skin and excretion of oily matter, usually due to prolonged standing in wet or unsanitary quarters. A… … Medical dictionary
greasy heel — noun see grease heel … Useful english dictionary
Mud fever — Dermatophilus congolensis, a causative agent of mud fever Mud fever is a group of diseases of horses causing irritation and dermatitis in the lower limbs of horses. Often caused by a mixture of bacteria, typically Dermatophilus congolensis, and… … Wikipedia
mud fever — n 1) a chapped inflamed condition of the skin of the legs and belly of a horse due to irritation from mud or drying resulting from washing off mud spatters and closely related or identical in nature to grease heel 2) BLUE COMB 3) a mild… … Medical dictionary
grapes — grāps n pl 1) a cluster of raw red nodules of granulation tissue in the hollow of the fetlock of horses that is characteristic of advanced or chronic grease heel 2) pl but usu sing in constr tuberculous disease of the pleura in cattle called also … Medical dictionary
