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.
splinted
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past participleof splint.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof splint.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
splintnouna 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.
Example Sentences
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“They were able to put his finger back together and it’s splinted and he’s day-to-day,” Redick said Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
What he did recall was having his arm splinted in a comfortable position and making plans to have surgery the next day at a hospital in the Chicagoland area unaffiliated with Froedtert South.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
Four hours later, we were back from the emergency room, with three new stickers, two X-rays, one red Popsicle and a newly splinted broken leg.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
Her legs were never given tourniquets or splinted.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2022
One young man who had a broken leg splinted and obviously healing crooked, and one old man who didn’t do much work any more.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
