Average 44 beats per minute (23 to 70 range, influenced by age and fitness).... ↪ Read more

Microorganism implicated in some cases of onychomycosis.... ↪ Read more

In reference to limbs, proximal means close to the torso, or comparatively closer to the torso. Opposite of distal.... ↪ Read more

A proliferation of granulated tissue which sometimes occurs in open wounds.... ↪ Read more

To reproduce or produce new growth or parts rapidly and repeatedly. To increase or spread at a rapid rate.... ↪ Read more

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A driven tool with a tapered, rectangular shaft which is used to punch, clean out, resize, or repitch nail holes in horseshoes. When punching a new nail hole, the pritchel is used only to punch through the bottom of the hole made by the forepunch and/or creaser or fuller. The pritchel should be used... ↪ Read more

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(1) After death. (2) An autopsy.... ↪ Read more

Towards or on the back of something. Opposite of anterior.... ↪ Read more

Inflammation of a proximal sesamoid bone or a sesamoidian ligament. May result from uneven stress on the fetlock, or from direct injury such as may be caused by interference. a.k.a: Sesamoiditis.... ↪ Read more

Any of several forms of inflammation of the carpus. May be a bursitis, a herniated joint capsule, or a distended tendon sheath. a.k.a: Big knee; Capped knee; Hygroma.... ↪ Read more