sprain

4 definitions found

sprain - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sprain \Sprain\ (spr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprained
     (spr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spraining.] [OF. espreindreto
     press, to force out, F. ['e]preindre, fr. L. exprimere. See
     Express, v. t., and cf. Spraints.]
     To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and
     excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or
     stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain
     one's ankle.
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  Sprain \Sprain\, n.
     The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining;
     as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
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     Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its
        point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone
        to which the tendon is attached.
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sprain - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sprain
      n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of
           its ligaments
      v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
           wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
           ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't
           walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench,
           turn, wrick, rick]

sprain - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprain":
     abrade, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip,
     claw, crack, craze, cut, dislocate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret,
     gall, gash, hurt, incise, injure, lacerate, maim,
     make mincemeat of, maul, mutilate, pierce, pull, puncture, rend,
     rick, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape,
     scratch, scuff, skin, slash, slit, stab, stick, strain, stretch,
     tear, throw, traumatize, turn, twist, wound, wrench