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BROKEN WIND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does broken wind mean?
• BROKEN WIND (noun)
The noun BROKEN WIND has 1 sense:
1. a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
Familiarity information: BROKEN WIND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
broken wind; heaves
Hypernyms ("broken wind" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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