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[splint] Pronunciation Key
[splint] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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.
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| 5. | British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone. |
| 6. | to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint or splints, as a fractured bone. |
| 7. | to support as if with splints. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| splint
(splĭnt) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. splint·ed, splint·ing, splints To support or restrict with or as if with a splint. [Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
splint
splint
c.1300, "plate of armor," probably from M.L.G. splinte, splente "thin piece of iron," related to M.Du. splinte "splint," probably ult. from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). Cognate with Dan. splint "splinter," Swed. splint "wooden peg, wedge." Meaning "slender flexible slip of wood" is recorded from c.1325; specific surgical sense is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| splint | |
noun | |
| 1. | a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint" |
| 2. | an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg) |
verb | |
| 1. | support with a splint; "splint a broken finger" |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
To support or restrict with a splint.
splint (splĭnt)
n.
- A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone.
- A dental appliance put on the teeth to protect them from grinding or from moving out of place.
To support or restrict with a splint.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Splint
Splint\, n. [Akin to D. splinter,G. splinter, splitter, Dan. splint, Sw. splint a kind of spike, a forelock (in nautical use), Sw. splintato splint, splinter, Dan. splinte, and E. split. See Split, v. t., and cf. Splent.]1. A piece split off; a splinter. 2. (Surg.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set. 3. (Anat.) A splint bone. 4. (Far.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence. 5. (Anc. Armor.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below. The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin plates of steel. --Sir. W. Scott. 6. Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent. Splint armor,a kind of ancient armor formed of thin plates of metal, usually overlapping each other and allowing the limbs to move freely. Splint bone (Anat.), one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and allied animals. Splint coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Splint
Splint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Splinting.] To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver. [Obs. or R.] --Florio. 2. To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2. [R.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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