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splint
[ splint ]
noun
- 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.
- one of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat, basket, etc.
- Veterinary Medicine. an exostosis or bony enlargement of a splint bone of a horse or a related animal.
- Armor.
- any of a number of narrow plates or lames joined with rivets or a backing to form a piece of armor.
- a partial vambrace protecting only the outer part of the arm.
- British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone.
verb (used with object)
- to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint or splints, as a fractured bone.
- to support as if with splints.
splint
/ ²õ±è±ôɪ²Ô³Ù /
noun
- a rigid support for restricting movement of an injured part, esp a broken bone
- a thin sliver of wood, esp one that is used to light cigars, a fire, etc
- a thin strip of wood woven with others to form a chair seat, basket, etc
- vet science inflammation of the small metatarsal or metacarpal bones along the side of the cannon bone of a horse
- one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330
- another word for splinter
verb
- to apply a splint to (a broken arm, etc)
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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
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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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Example Sentences
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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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