LAMINITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laminitis mean? 

• LAMINITIS (noun)
  The noun LAMINITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

  Familiarity information: LAMINITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMINITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

founder; laminitis

Hypernyms ("laminitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)