anticor

English

Alternative forms

anticoeur, anticore

Etymology

From anti- + Latin cor (“heart”); compare French anticœur.

Noun

anticor (plural anticors)

(obsolete, equestrianism) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart, caused by the friction of a harness.

See also

pigeon fever (the same thing???)
squinancy
Ludwig's angina

References

“anticor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“anticor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Samuel Johnson (15 April 1755), “ANTICOR”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC.
“anticor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
anticor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

C-ration, Cortina, Nicotra, carotin, cortina, nicator

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ cor.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈkoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈko.ɾi/

Noun

anticor f (plural anticores)

(particle physics) anticolour (the property of antiquarks equivalent to that of colour in quarks)