Definition of Windgalls. Meaning of Windgalls. Synonyms of Windgalls

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Definition of Windgalls

Windgall
Windgall Wind"gall`, n. (Far.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

Meaning of Windgalls from wikipedia

- The limbs of the horse are structures made of dozens of bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments that support the weight of the equine body. They...
- of the joint are "tendonous windgalls," and are the result of effusion in the deep digital flexor tendon sheath. Windgalls are considered blemishes. Equine...
- navicular disease, high or low ringbone, and sidebone. Also windpuffs and windgalls occur from chronic irritation within fetlock or flexor tendon sheath....