SWEENY


Meaning of SWEENY in English

/swee"nee/ , n. Vet. Pathol.

atrophy of the shoulder muscles in horses.

Also, swinney .

[ 1820-30, Amer.; cf. dial. G Schweine, PaG Schwinne atrophy, OE swindan to pine away, disappear ]

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