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.

Origin of splint

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

OTHER WORDS FROM splint

splint·like, adjective un·splint·ed, adjective

Words nearby splint

splice, splicer, splicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone, splinter, splinter group, splintery, split

Example sentences from the Web for splint

The splint is fixed above and below by bandages, and the projecting knee is drawn towards it by a few turns of elastic webbing.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
This it joins an inch or more above the bottom of the splint bone.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot |Harry Caulton Reeks
These end splints must be trimmed evenly and left just long enough to bend over the splint running round on the inner side.

Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools |Virginia McGaw
If the wound be of the leg or foot, the patient should be in the recumbent position, with the part elevated and a splint applied.

Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry |Maximilian Stern

He wore this splint or cap for the knee for about four weeks, when I found he could leave it off at night without much pain.

Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society |Joseph Bradford Cox

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

Medical definitions for splint

splint

[ splĭnt ]

n.

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.

v.

To support or restrict with a splint.

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