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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAvives
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-veev
"Les avives est une maladie qui touche les glandes des chevaux."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A disease of horses, characterized by swelling of the glands around the ears.
"The veteran stable hand checked the young stallion carefully for any early signs of the vives." - 2
An archaic veterinary condition similar to strangles affecting equine lymphatic tissue.
"Historical treatises on farriery frequently list the vives alongside distemper and glanders."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term derives from the plural form of an old veterinary noun denoting an inflammatory swelling of the glands in horses' ears. Historically recorded in early modern English texts, it originates from Old French 'vive', stemming ultimately from the Latin 'vivus' (living), though its precise historical veterinary application became largely obsolete in contemporary standard English.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vives" is said worldwide
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Avives
Transliteration: ah-veev
"Les avives est une maladie qui touche les glandes des chevaux."
Kropfbeulen
Transliteration: kropf-boy-len
"Kropfbeulen sind eine historische Pferdekrankheit."
Fiepi
Transliteration: fyeh-pee
"I fiepi sono un'infiammazione delle ghiandole nei cavalli."
Glandola
Transliteration: glan-do-la
Script: Glándola
"Las anginas o lamparones afectaban el ganado equino."
Aluviões
Transliteration: ah-loo-vee-oyns
"Doenças equinas como as aluviões eram temidas pelos cavaleiros."
घोड़ों की ग्रंथि सूजन
Transliteration: ghodon ki granthi sujan
"यह घोड़ों में होने वाली एक ग्रंथियों की सूजन की बीमारी है।"
马腮腺炎
Transliteration: mǎ sāi xiàn yán
"马腮腺炎是古代兽医常提及的马匹 Gland 疾病。"
말선병
Transliteration: mal-seon-byeong
"말선병은 말의 귀 주변 선에 발생하는 염증입니다."
馬の耳下腺炎
Transliteration: uma no jikasen'en
"馬の耳下腺炎はかつて馬によく見られた病気でした。"
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