Stringhalt
noun, Veterinary Pathology.
1.
a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
noun
1.
(vet science) a sudden spasmodic lifting of the hind leg of a horse, resulting from abnormal contraction of the flexor muscles of the hock Also called springhalt
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