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noun Veterinary Pathology.
1.
a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin), bony growth (bone spavin), or distention of the veins (blood spavin).
2.
an excrescence or enlargement so formed.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English spaveyne < Old French (e)spavain, esparvain swelling < ?
1400–50; late Middle English spaveyne < Old French (e)spavain, esparvain swelling < ?
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