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Laminitis

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof uncountable

    "For months, the left hind leg put Barbaro’s recovery in serious jeopardy because of laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse wordnet

Etymology

From lamina + -itis.

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