Associations to the word «Splint»

SPLINT, noun. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled off of a larger piece.

SPLINT, noun. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

SPLINT, noun. A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.

SPLINT, noun. A segment of armor.

SPLINT, noun. A bone found on either side of the horse's cannon bone; second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.

SPLINT, noun. A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

SPLINT, noun. Splent coal

SPLINT, verb. (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.

SPLINT, verb. To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.

SPLINT, verb. (obsolete) (rare) (transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.

SPLINT BONE, noun. One of the rudimentary, splint-like metacarpal or metatarsal bones on either side of the cannon bone in the limbs of the horse and related animals.

SPLINT BONES, noun. Plural of splint bone

SPLINT COAL, noun. Alternative form of splent coal

SPLINT, noun. A thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint".

SPLINT, noun. An orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg).

SPLINT, verb. Support with a splint; "splint a broken finger".