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
While our limbs and organs can heal, our public places often remain shattered, splinted back to working order only with the grotesque apparatus of surveillance and security.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022
Some medical experts have previously suggested Saffie's legs should have been splinted.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
We lift up the wounded man, one taking his splinted arm.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
