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broken wind

[ wind ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.


broken wind

/ wɪnd /

noun

  1. vet science another name for heaves


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Other Words From

  • broken-winded adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of broken wind1

First recorded in 1745–55

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Example Sentences

The cheers died on our lips, for it was surely something more than exhaustion or broken wind.

Look at that poor crest-maker, tearing at his hair, and at that pike-maker, who has just broken wind in yon sword-cutler's face.

This is a frequent cause of disease, and especially of broken wind.

He himself was kneeling, resting his revolver on the frame of the broken wind-shield.

Persons of stalwart limb commonly underestimate a distance, whereas those of broken wind and stride stretch it greater than it is.

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