- quittor
- \\ˈkwid.ə(r), -itə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English quittere, quiture pus, quittor, probably from Old French quiture, cuiture act of boiling, act of cooking, from Latin coctura, from coctus (past participle of coquere to cook, boil) + -ura -ure — more at cook: a purulent inflammation (as a necrobacillosis) of the feet of horses and other solidungulates occurring chiefly in a cartilaginous form characterized by a chronic persistent inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot leading to suppuration and the formation of one or more fistulous openings above the coronet and causing marked lameness or a cutaneous form characterized by an inflammation of the soft tissues just above the hoof involving suppuration and sloughing of the skin before healing
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/kwit"euhr/, n. Vet. Pathol.purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by chronic inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot and formation of fistulas that open above the coronet, usually resulting in lameness.[1250-1300; ME quittere < OF cuiture cooking < L coctura, equiv. to coct(us) (ptp. of coquere to COOK1) + -ura -URE]* * *
quittor, -our, -ure
Useful english dictionary. 2012.