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garget

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gar⋅get

  [gahr-git]
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–noun
1. Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
2. pokeweed.
Origin:
1580–90; earlier, inflammation of the head or throat in livestock, appar. the same word as ME garget, gargat throat < MF gargate

Related forms:
gar⋅get⋅y, adjective

poke⋅weed

  [pohk-weed]
–noun
a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
Also called poke⋅root  [pohk-root, -root] , scoke, garget.

Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; poke 4 + weed 1
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gar·get   (gär'gĭt)   
n.  Mastitis of domestic animals, especially cattle.

[Perhaps from Middle English, throat, from Old French gargate.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gar·get
Pronunciation: 'gär-g&t
Function: noun
: mastitis of domestic animals; especially : chronic bovinemastitis with gross changes in the form and texture of the udder —gar·gety /-g&t-E/ adjective

Main Entry: poke·weed
Pronunciation: 'pO-"kwEd
Function: noun
: a coarse American perennial herb (Phytolacca americana of the familyPhytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) which has racemose white flowers, dark purple juicy berries, and a poisonous root and from which is obtained a mitogen that has been used to stimulate lymphocyteproliferation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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