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windgall

[wind-gawl]

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a puffy distention of the synovial bursa at the fetlock joint.

Origin:
1515–25; wind¹ + gall²

Related forms

wind·galled, adjective

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windgall (ˈwɪndˌɡɔːl)

—n
	vet science a soft swelling in the area of the fetlock joint of a horse

[C16: from wind¹ + gall²]

'windgalled

—*adj*

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