蹄てい葉よう炎えん

noun

laminitis; founder

Medical term for inflammation of the laminae in the hoof of horses and other ungulates. 'Founder' is a common lay term for the same condition.

• 蹄てい葉よう炎えんは馬うまの蹄ひづめに激はげしい痛いたみを引ひき起おこす。

  Laminitis causes severe pain in a horse's hoof.

• この馬うまは蹄てい葉よう炎えんの治ち療りょうを受うけている。

  This horse is receiving treatment for laminitis.