🩹 To remove cast 🎭 To remove from role 🗿 Not formed 💪 No medical cast

uncast

7.9

Not wearing a hard bandage that keeps a broken bone still

adjective
/ʌnˈkæst/

: sin yeso

She was relieved to see her leg uncast and free from the heavy plaster.

Examples

After the doctor checked his progress, he was allowed to keep his arm uncast for the rest of recovery.
The nurse explained that some fractures can heal safely while remaining uncast if properly supported.
Finally, I am uncast!
He is uncast now.
After the doctor checked his progress, he was allowed to keep his arm uncast for the rest of recovery.
The nurse explained that some fractures can heal safely while remaining uncast if properly supported.
She was relieved to see her leg uncast and free from the heavy plaster.

Synonyms

unsplinted

vsuncast

Specialized

7.6

Not held still by a hard support that keeps a broken bone from moving

refers to absence of a full rigid enclosure used to immobilize the injury

How Immobilized

cast

Specialized

84 3.5

uncast

7.9

Surface Forms

uncast positive

Morphology

uncast = cast (transparent) = un + cast

Straightforward negation: not wearing a medical cast is the expected meaning of un- + medical 'cast'.

Etymology

Uncast is made of un- 'not' and cast 'a hard shell put around a broken bone'. So if an arm or leg is uncast, it is 'not in that shell' and is free from the plaster or support.