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bog spavin

bog spavin

9.9
A swelling at the back leg joint of a horse caused by fluid
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : espavin
  • The veterinarian diagnosed the horse with bog spavin after noticing swelling in the hock joint.

Examples

  • She noticed a bog spavin on her horse's hock.

  • Owners are advised to consult a vet if their horse shows signs of bog spavin.

  • Proper management can help reduce the symptoms of bog spavin in show horses.

  • The vet diagnosed the horse with bog spavin.

  • The veterinarian diagnosed the horse with bog spavin after noticing swelling in the hock joint.

  • Owners are advised to consult a vet if their horse shows signs of bog spavin.

  • Proper management can help reduce the symptoms of bog spavin in show horses.

Synonyms

spavin
vsbog spavin
  • Specialized
9.9

A swelling on a horse's back leg joint that often makes the horse limp

is a fluid filled swelling of the hock caused by excess joint fluid

Surface Forms

bog spavin singular
bog spavins plural

Morphology

bog + spavin

This is a specialized veterinary term whose meaning (fluid swelling of the hock) is not compositionally predictable from the parts. 'Spavin' is technical (referring to hock pathology, often bony growth) and 'bog' does not transparently signal fluid accumulation to a B1 learner, so knowing the constituents will not allow them to derive the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Bog spavin comes from old farming language. The word bog meant wet, soft ground and spavin meant a 'swelling' on a horse's 'joint', so people imagined a horse standing in a bog with a swollen hock. That's why the term now means a fluid 'swelling' of the hock.