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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pulmonary disease of horses; the heaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Far.) The heaves.
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- noun A
respiratory disease orchronic condition of horses involving anallergic bronchitis characterised bywheezing ,coughing and laboured breathing. - verb Past participle of
break wind
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
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