ring-bone

A form of ringbone — A type of osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones (particularly the coffin joint or pastern) of a horse's leg or foot, marked by bone growth.

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Meanings

nounring-bone (plural ring-bones)

plural ring-bones

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ringbone.

    This, however, favours strain of the ligaments and unequal distribution of weight over the articular surface, circumstances which lie at the root of the morbid changes, while they also explain why the periarticular form of ring-bone is the most frequent, and why the disease only occurs in solipeds.

    1904, John A. W. Dollar, Practice of Veterinary Surgery: Regional veterinary surgery
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