splint

[ splint ]

/ splɪnt /

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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.

one of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat, basket, etc.

Veterinary Medicine. an exostosis or bony enlargement of a splint bone of a horse or a related animal.

Armor.

any of a number of narrow plates or lames joined with rivets or a backing to form a piece of armor.
a partial vambrace protecting only the outer part of the arm.

British Dialect. a splinter of wood or stone.

verb (used with object)

to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint or splints, as a fractured bone.

to support as if with splints.

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Origin of splint

1275–1325; Middle English <Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte;cf. splinter

OTHER WORDS FROM splint

splintlike, adjectiveun·splint·ed, adjective

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How to use splint in a sentence

He spent 10 months in a tuberculosis sanatorium with his leg immobilized in a splint, but a cause for his knee ailment was never determined.
David Prowse, English actor and weightlifter who embodied Darth Vader, dies at 85|Louie Estrada|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
Additionally, they help prevent pain from runner’s knee, shin splints, and plantar fasciitis.
Gift Guide: What you need to work(out) from home|Rachel King|November 2, 2020|Fortune
Both were cases of gangrene of the leg, the result of tight splinting by potters.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
Displacement and crepitus are prevented by the splinting action of the ligaments.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

In transverse fractures the position may be maintained by a simple ferrule of poroplastic or Gooch-splinting.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
After splinting, keep the injured arm or leg a little higher than the rest of the patient's body.
In Time Of Emergency|Department of Defense
Immobilization—Systemic immobilization is effected by body rest and locally by splinting the bitten area.
Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)|Ray D. Burkett

British Dictionary definitions for splint

splint

/ (splɪnt) /

noun

a rigid support for restricting movement of an injured part, esp a broken bone

a thin sliver of wood, esp one that is used to light cigars, a fire, etc

a thin strip of wood woven with others to form a chair seat, basket, etc

vet science inflammation of the small metatarsal or metacarpal bones along the side of the cannon bone of a horse

one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330

another word for splinter

verb

to apply a splint to (a broken arm, etc)

Derived forms of splint

splintlike, adjective

Word Origin for splint

C13: from Middle Low German splinte; related to Middle Dutch splinte splint, Old High German spaltan to split

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Medical definitions for splint

splint

[ splĭnt ]

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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