| vives | <veterinary> A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration. Origin: OF. Vives, F. Avives (cf. Sp. Abivas, adiva) fr. Ar. Ad-dhiba. Cf. Fives vives. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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