Definition for AC-NES'TIS

AC-NES'TIS, n. [Gr. α privative and κναω, to rub or gnaw.]

That part of the spine in quadrupeds which extends from the metaphrenon, between the shoulder blades, to the loins; which the animal can not reach to scratch. – Coxe. Quincy.

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