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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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(Far.)

Inflammation of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.

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laminitis ‎(uncountable)

(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
- 2007 January 28, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:
  For months, the left hind leg put Barbaro’s recovery in serious jeopardy because of laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease.