Definitions for quittor

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quittor quit·tor

Spelling: [kwit-er]

IPA: /ˈkwɪt ər/

Quittor is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in quittor (ioqrttu).

Definitions for quittor

noun

1. 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.

Origin of quittor

1250-1300; Middle English quittere Old French cuiture cooking Latin coctūra, equivalent to coct(us) (past participle of coquere to cook¹) + -ūra Examples for quittor

Any other diseased condition of the foot in which suppuration is present may in like manner terminate in quittor.

In all probability it is the condition generally understood when the word 'quittor' is used by one practitioner to the other.

The origin of quittor is generally some injury to the hoof, such as a corn, a prick, or an inequality of tread.

It may thus occur as a sequel to quittor, complicated sand-crack, suppurating corn, and punctured wounds of the feet.

It is the wound remaining after the slough which we may really regard as a quittor.

Prior to the development of a quittor there is always swelling at the coronet, accompanied with heat and pain.

Spavin, ringbone, splints, quittor and many other anomalous conditions may all be observed from certain proper angles.

With the escape of the pus at the coronet the quittor is fully formed.

We have already remarked that this is a point of interest to be remembered in connection with the operation for quittor.