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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spav·in /ˈspævən/
 [馬腿的] 跗節肉腫

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 spav·in /ˈspævən/ 名詞
 跗節內腫,跗節贅

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spav·in n.  Far. A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
 Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood spavin.
 Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spavin
      n : a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in
          lameness