creeps

creeps
/kreeps/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
Vet. Pathol. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
[so called from the effect on the animal's gait; see CREEP, -S3]

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