splint
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5.3
- noun
- /splɪnt/
- Specialized
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férula
- To immobilize the broken finger, she carefully wrapped it in a splint before going to the hospital.
- wrist splint
- intranasal splints
- treatment with a splint
The hand's quite floppy, so I need a splint for him.
- The hand's quite floppy, so I need a splint for him.
- I love that, but then there there's a whole like hospitals worth of splints.
Examples
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So I built this tiny little splint for his tiny little broken leg.
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Saying nothing, he matter-of-factly took care of Benjamin's arm with an inflatable splint from his emergency kit.
Fiction book (1994) -
We even have a little finger splint for if you hurt your finger or anything.
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Get me a splint for his ankle.
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Uh, a splint to secure the femur.
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Dr. Diaz had removed the splint and pronounced him fit.
Fiction book (1997) -
His right hand was similarly bound up with a splint and bandages protecting a broken forefinger.
Fiction book (2002) -
After the surgery, my right arm was immobilized in a splint from my elbow to my fingertips.
Blog text (29) -
An off the shelf wrist splint can be used, but my personal preference is a customized splint fitted by a hand therapist.
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Mrs. Summers ran her fingers across the soft pad that covered the metal splint of Sarina's left pinky.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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4.6
A support such as a splint that keeps an injured limb still to help it heal
A device placed on a broken or injured limb to keep it still
Compounds
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word splint for a medical device comes from the same idea of a thin wooden strip that gives support, like a splinter or something split off used as a brace. That's why a splint holds a hurt arm or leg still to protect it.