LAMENESS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 24

n. Lam'ne2s. Lat., claudicatio. Fr., boiterie. Ger., Lahmung, Hinken. The state of being lame. Cro 1. Of the veterinarians, a peculiar gait in the horse in which the 1. seems to be in the leg on the opposite side of the one actually affected. [Williams (a, 34).] Kennel 1. Rheumatism in dogs. [Williams (a, 34).] Uterine 1. L. caused by uterine diseases, [a, 34.] [s. 573]