n pl 1  :  a cluster of raw red nodules of granulation tissue in the hollow of the fetlock of horses that is characteristic of advanced or chronic grease heel  2  pl but usu sing in constr  :  tuberculous disease of the pleura in cattle - called also grape disease  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  car·pus  corpse  cor·pus  creeps 
 
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