quittor

noun quit·tor \ˈkwi-tər\

Definition of QUITTOR

: a purulent inflammation of the feet especially of horses and donkeys

Origin of QUITTOR

Middle English quiture pus, discharge, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 1703

Rhymes with QUITTOR

bitter, chitter, critter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, quitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, titter, twitter

Medical Dictionary

quittor

noun quit·tor \ˈkwit-ər\

Medical Definition of QUITTOR

: a purulent inflammation (as a necrobacillosis) of the feet especially of horses and donkeys occurring chiefly in a cartilaginous form characterized by a chronic persistent inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot leading to suppuration and the formation of one or more fistulous openings above the coronet and causing marked lameness or in a cutaneous form characterized by an inflammation of the soft tissues just above the hoof involving suppuration and sloughing of the skin before healing