quittor

quit·tor   (kwĭt'ər)    n.  An inflammation of the hoof cartilage of horses and other solid-hoofed animals, characterized by degeneration of hoof tissue, formation of a slough, and fistulous sores. [Middle English quiture, perhaps from Old French, act of boiling, from Latin coctūra, boiling liquid, from coctus, past participle of coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]

Main Entry: quit·tor
Pronunciation: 'kwit-&r
Function: noun
: a purulent inflammation (as a necrobacillosis) of the feet especially of horses anddonkeys occurring chiefly in a cartilaginous form characterized by a chronic persistent inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot leading to suppuration and the formation of one or morefistulous openings above the coronet and causing marked lameness or in a cutaneous form characterized by an inflammation of the soft tissues just above the hoof involving suppuration and sloughing ofthe skin before healing