laminitis
- n inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- The laminitis flared back up, and a deep abscess developed in his right hind foot.
- But the inflammation worsened: Barbaro had developed laminitis, a breakdown of the tissue joining his foot bone and hoof.
- Alas, facing yet another painful siege of laminitis last week, Barbaro was put to sleep by lethal injection, but not before he came to represent the noblest qualities of his breed .