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string·halt

(strĭng′hôlt′)
n.
A nervous disorder in horses characterized by spasmodic movements in the hind legs that cause the feet to rise abnormally high.
[string, tendon + halt.]
string′halt′ed adj.
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stringhalt

(ˈstrɪŋˌhɔːlt)
n
(Veterinary Science) vet science a sudden spasmodic lifting of the hind leg of a horse, resulting from abnormal contraction of the flexor muscles of the hock. Also called: springhalt
[C16: probably string + halt2]
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string•halt

(ˈstrɪŋˌhɔlt)

n.
a nerve disease of horses causing spasmodic flexing of one or both hind legs.
[1515–25]
string′halt`ed, string′halt′y, adj.
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