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splint

[ splint ]

noun

  1. a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
  2. one of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat, basket, etc.
  3. Veterinary Medicine. an exostosis or bony enlargement of a splint bone of a horse or a related animal.
  4. Armor.
    1. any of a number of narrow plates or lames joined with rivets or a backing to form a piece of armor.
    2. a partial vambrace protecting only the outer part of the arm.
  5. British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone.


verb (used with object)

  1. to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint or splints, as a fractured bone.
  2. to support as if with splints.

splint

/ ²õ±è±ôɪ²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. a rigid support for restricting movement of an injured part, esp a broken bone
  2. a thin sliver of wood, esp one that is used to light cigars, a fire, etc
  3. a thin strip of wood woven with others to form a chair seat, basket, etc
  4. vet science inflammation of the small metatarsal or metacarpal bones along the side of the cannon bone of a horse
  5. one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330
  6. another word for splinter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to apply a splint to (a broken arm, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±è±ô¾±²Ô³ÙËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±è±ô¾±²Ô³Ùl¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ±è±ô¾±²Ô³ÙĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of splint1

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte; splinter
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of splint1

C13: from Middle Low German splinte; related to Middle Dutch splinte splint, Old High German spaltan to split
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His bandaged legs - one of them splinted - are badly scarred and withered.

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Dad immediately diagnosed it as a small fracture, put him in a splint and didn’t charge a co-pay for his services.

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In an interview for Saga magazine, he revealed he was still recovering from the experience, with his neck in a brace and right hand in a splint.

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Betts visited a hand specialist Monday, where he was fitted with a splint.

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It was a very interesting nine-month tour of duty in military service, tactical training, and of course the medical aspect of evaluating injuries, administering morphine, splinting and stopping bleeding.

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