What's the difference between lame and spavined?

Lame


Definition:

  • (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
  • (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
  • (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • (v. t.) To make lame.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The move was confirmed by a Lib Dem aide, who said Tory claims to be green were "already a lame duck and are now dead in the water".
  • (2) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
  • (3) The highest cost for veterinary services related to episodes of disease were for dystocia, lameness, and ocular carcinoma.
  • (4) The LDET biopsies resulted in little discomfort whereas the SFT biopsies led to temporary lameness.
  • (5) Three dogs admitted for evaluation of lameness were determined to be infected with a neutrophilic strain of Ehrlichia.
  • (6) The main symptom "incoordination" (ataxia, asynergy, paresis, paralysis) is used by us more precisely only in case of impairment of nervous system by neoplastic infiltrations and does not signify as possible symptoms of general physical weakness, for example faltering, staggering, tumbling or lameness.
  • (7) Historically, both horses had intermittent lameness that had responded to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and brief rest periods.
  • (8) Analgesic potency of aspirin was decreased to the level of sodium salicylate by injection of prostaglandin E2 into the inflamed rat paw in the adjuvant-induced lameness test.
  • (9) Specific clinical signs of disease such as nervous disorders and lameness were also observed.
  • (10) Children were examined for lameness in the Danfa Project district of rural Ghana to assess the impact of endemic poliomyelitis and to test a widely held hypothesis that paralytic poliomyelitis is relatively rare in such districts (less than 1 per 1000 children affected).
  • (11) Seven horses, 2 to 4 years of age, were examined because of moderate-to-severe forelimb lameness, mild effusion of the middle carpal joint (3 horses), and pain on palpation of the origin of the suspensory ligament (4 horses).
  • (12) Fourteen dogs were using the treated limb within 1 day and eight dogs within 2 days, although some lameness may have persisted for several weeks.
  • (13) Six of the orally infected P. maniculatus developed clinical signs including ruffled hair coat, inappetence, reluctance to move, and lameness in the rear legs.
  • (14) In two cases, the detachment occurred unilaterally; one was a gilt showing severe lameness which precluded mating and the other was a uniparous sow which showed only slight lameness.
  • (15) Disseminated aspergillosis attributable to Aspergillus deflectus was diagnosed in a Springer Spaniel with lethargy, lameness, anorexia, weight loss, pyrexia, lymphadenopathy, hematuria, and urinary incontinence.
  • (16) Congenital malformation of the carpal joint in a young dog resulted in a progressive lameness.
  • (17) The narrative drivers are pretty slack – improbable dialogue ("I'm a very wealthy man, Miss Steele, and I have expensive and absorbing hobbies"); lame characterisation; irritating tics (a constant war between Steele's "subconscious", which is always fainting or putting on half-moon glasses, and her "inner goddess", who is forever pouting and stamping); and an internal monologue that goes like this … "Holy hell, he's hot!
  • (18) Normal and osteochondrotic humeri and femurs were obtained from five normal and ten lame adolescent boars to study cartilage proteoglycans.
  • (19) Among his many recommendations, Laming called for improvements in the exchange of information between the various authorities.
  • (20) A female juvenile rhesus monkey experienced a 3-wk period of vague lameness and limb disuse, followed by a severe attack of acute polyarthritis resulting in marked radiographic changes.

Spavined


Definition:

  • (a.) Affected with spavin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is expected that biomechanical investigations will provide a better understanding of the mechanical factors involved in the pathogenesis of spavin.
  • (2) The pathogenesis of spavin can be divided into three phases, which are characterised by fibrillation of cartilage, osteolysis and ankylosis respectively.
  • (3) The pathogenesis of bone spavin and its implications for diagnosis and therapy are reviewed.
  • (4) However, primary osteoarthrosis of the hock joint similar to spavin in the horse was found.
  • (5) Our findings supported the conclusion that osteochondrosis may cause spavin in the juvenile equid.
  • (6) Over a period of seven years, 30 horses were treated by surgical arthrodesis for lameness resulting from osteoarthrosis of the proximal intertarsal, distal intertarsal and tarsometatarsal joints (bone and occult spavin).
  • (7) Bone spavin, splint, and fractured splint bone injuries have been treated with varying methodologies at Wheatley Hall Farm Equine Clinic.

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