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splint

  [splint]
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–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.
a. any of a number of narrow plates or lames joined with rivets or a backing to form a piece of armor.
b. a partial vambrace protecting only the outer part of the arm.
5. British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone.
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MD or MLG splinte; cf. splinter

Related forms:
splintlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2splint
Function: transitive verb
1 : to support and immobilize (as a broken bone) with a splint
2 : to protectagainst pain by reducing the motion of splinted his chest by a fixed position and shallow breathing>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

splint (splĭnt)
n.

  1. A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone.

  2. A dental appliance put on the teeth to protect them from grinding or from moving out of place.

v. splint·ed, splint·ing, splints
To support or restrict with a splint.

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