coronitis

[ kawr-uh-nahy-tis, kor- ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coronitis¹

First recorded in 1885–90; coron(a) + -itis

Example Sentences

Treatment—Preventive.—Seeing that at any rate the majority of cases of coronitis result from injuries inflicted by the shoes, we may look at once to that particular for a means of prevention.

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Curative.—Although in some cases it is so small as to go undetected, we may take it that in all cases of coronitis there is a wound, with consequent danger of septic infection of the surrounding parts.

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Poultices and Hot Baths.—As in cutaneous quittor, and as in coronitis, when the pus formation is only suspected, and has not yet broken out at the coronet or elsewhere, then the first indication in treatment is the use of warm poultices or of hot baths.

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Prognosis.—In giving a prognosis in a case of coronitis, attention should be paid to the manner in which the condition originated, and the extent, when present, of the wound.

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Definition.—Under the heading of simple coronitis in its acute form we intend to describe those inflammatory conditions of the skin and underlying structures of the coronet occurring without specific cause.

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