Desmitis: Lameness. Heat, swelling and pain of a ligament such as the
suspensory or curb.
 Diuretic: Drug which
causes increased urine formation.
Edema: Swelling caused
by an accumulation of fluid in an inflamed area, by heart or kidney failure or
following damage to the veins, arteries, or lymphatic drainage system of an area.
Electrolyte:
Salt that is normally present in the body and/or fed or injected
to replace salts lost (e.g., sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate).
Emphysema: Disease
of lungs characterized inability to completely empty out the air when
breathing out.
Encephalomyelitis: Inflamation
of brain and spinal cord.
Endotoxemia: Potentially
fatal body wide illness resulting from absorption of toxins produced by bacteria
in the intestine.
Epiphytis: An inflammation
of the growth plate, the region where the bone grows.
Epistaxis: A nosebleed
Estral Cycle: Reproductive
cycle in the mare.
Esterified Vitamin C: A
form of vitamin C where the natural high acidity has been reduced.
Estrus: Period of sexual
receptivity in the female, "heat"
Expiration: Breathing
out.
Feed Bumps: Hives
believed to be caused by type of feed.
Founder: Laminitis, inflammation
of the sensitive/live tissues of the hoof.
Foreign: Not normally
found in the body.
Glaucoma: Disease of
lens of eye.
Gram: (gm org): A metric
measure equal to 1000 milligrams.
Hard Keepers: Horses
that have trouble gaining and holding weight.
Hay Belly: Swollen, rounded
appearance to the lower abdomen; seen in horses eating large amounts of hay and/or
with poor digestion.
Heaves: See Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease.
Heel Scratches: Cracked
or open skin on heels pastern.
Hematinic: Drug
used to increase number of red blood cells.
Hypothermia:
Temperature below normal.
Hypothyroidism: Abnormally
low levels of thyroid hormone.
Icterus: See Jaundice.
Ingested: Eaten.
Inspiration: Breathing
in.
Intramuscular: Into a
muscle.
Intravenous: Into vein.
Iris: Colored portion
of eye.
Jaundice: Yellow
discoloration of the skin and mucus membranes (e.g., lining of the
mouth) by pigments which accumulate in the body, liver failure or
starvation.
Jug: Bottle
of liquid given intravenously usually electrolyte rich fluid with
other agents often added.
Jugging: Administration
of electrolytes and other medications intravenously.
Kilogram: Metric measure
equal to 1000 grams.
Laceration: Rip/tear
in the skin or other tissue.
Lactating: Producing
milk.
Lactation: Milk production.
Lactate Accumulation: Build
up of lactic acid in the blood or tissues.
Laminitis: An
inflammation of the live tissue inside the hoof. Also know as founder.
Lasix: A
drug (furosemide) which helps most horses with lung bleeding. This
diuretic also decreases pressure on the right side of the heart.
Liter: A metric measure
equal to 1.0567 quarts in conventional measure.
Lung Bleeding: Symptoms
include decreased exercise tolerance, coughing after work, blood seen at nostrils
or during exam of lungs with endoscope.
Membrane: An outer covering.
Metabolic Acidosis: Body-wide
condition where the pH of the blood is more acid than normal.
Metabolites: Substances
produced when another substance is broken down.
Microgram (mcg): A metric
measure representing 1/1000 milligrams.
Milk Tetany: Muscle weakness
and hyperexcitability caused by sudden drop in blood and tissue calcium when mare
starts to make milk.
Milligram (mg): a metris
measure representing
1/1000 gram.
Mucus Membrane:
Fluids and mucous - secreting linings of the mouth, nose, throat,
reproductive tracts.
Myelitis: Spinal cord
inflammation.
Nasal: Pertaining
to the nose.
Neoplasm: Abnormal growth,
tumor.
Obstetrical: Referring
to the pregnancy and delivery.
Ocular: Pertaining to
the eye.
Ophthalmic/Ophthalmologic:
Pertaining to the eye.
Osteochondrosis Dessicans:
A congenital disease that results in improper formation of the joint cartilage.
Ovulation: Release
of an egg by mare's ovary.
Periodic Ophthalmia: A
disease of the eye characterized by extensive inflammation of all ocular structures,
which comes an goes in cycles.
Peritonitis: Inflammation
of the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Pharyngeal: Pertaining
to the pharynx or "throat".
Pharyngitis: Inflammation
of the pharynx.
Pharynx: Throat.
Pneumonia: Inflammation
of the deep tissues of the lung, usually caused by an infection.
Polysaccharide storage disease
Dessicans: A muscle defect that can cause Tying-up.
Red Blood Cells: Erythocytes.
The cells that carry oxygen throughout the body.
Renal: Pertaining to
the kidney.
Respitory System: Nose,
sinuses, throat, larynx, trachea and lungs.
Rhino/Rhinopneumonitis: A
common respitory viral infection in horses.
Roarer: Horse with paralysis
of one or both vocal chords.
Salmonella: A common
bacterial infection in the intestinal tract.
Sclera: the "white"
of the eye.
Septicemia: Bacteria
in the blood stream.
Stocking Up: Swelling
of the lower legs.
Subcutaneous: Under the
skin.
Summer Sores: Areas of
thickened, irritated and open skin, often the midline of the belly, caused by
larval forms of stomach worms in the tissues under the skin.
Tetanus: A
rigid paralysis caused by toxins produced when a wound is infected
with an organism Clostridium tetani.
Therapeutic Drug Level: level
of drug in blood high enough to produce a beneficial effect.
Toxin: a poisonous, harmful
substance.
Toxoid: A "tamed"
version of a toxin that is injected into the animal to stimulate his immune system
to produce antibodies that guard against specific poison.
Trachea: Windpipe
Tying - Up: A syndrome
of muscular cramping, pain, and varying degrees of muscular breakdown associated
with exercise but having several possible causes.
Ulcer: Any defect in
the surface of a tissue, usually caused by surface tissues being injured and defective
in someway.
Vasoconstriction: The
constriction or narrowing of blood vessels.
Vasodilation: The relaxing
and dilating of blood vessels.
Vitamin A: Retinyl palmitate
or other retinyls.
Vitamin B1: Thiamine.
Vitamin B2: Riboflavin.
Vitamin B3: Niacinamide
or Niacin
Vitamin B5: D-Pantothenate
or Pantothenic acid.
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