shin splints
a painful condition of the front lower leg, associated with tendinitis, stress fractures, or muscle strain, often occurring as a result of running or other strenuous athletic activity, especially on a nonresilient surface.
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How to use shin splints in a sentence
“I had shin splints,” Rossi recalls as she takes small bites of a breakfast frittata.
British Dictionary definitions for shin splints
(functioning as singular or plural) a painful swelling of the front lower leg, associated with muscle or bone inflammation, and common among athletes and other sportspeople
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