But when a horse develops laminitis, an inflamation of the tissue that bonds the horse's bone to the inner wall of the hoof, the hoof doesn't work properly, the animal is in pain and its health can be severely compromised. No lesser horse than the great Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner, was felled by laminitis.
â¢ URETER (noun) The noun URETER has 1 sense: 1. either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. Familiarity information: URETER used as a noun is very rare.
ureteral colic. Definitions: 1. paroxysm of pain due to abrupt obstruction of ureter from a calculus or blood clot in most instances. The definition information for ureteral colic is provided by Stedman's.You can search our medical dictionary here.Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provides a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.ou can search our medical dictionary here. Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provides a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.