- splints
- Exostoses occurring along the course of the small metacarpal and metatarsal bones of the horse. See splint.
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(splints) development of exostoses, sometimes with inflammation, of the splint bones of horses.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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splints — noun Splints is used after these nouns: ↑shin … Collocations dictionary
splints — splɪnt n. thin piece of wood or other material used to immobilize a broken bone while it is healing v. apply a splint, immobilize a broken bone by means of a splint … English contemporary dictionary
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shin splints — n pl but sing or pl in constr painful injury to and inflammation of the tibial and toe extensor muscles or their fasciae that is caused by repeated minimal traumas (as by running on a hard surface) * * * an overuse injury characterized by strain… … Medical dictionary
coaptation splints — small splints adjusted about a fractured limb for the purpose of producing coaptation of fragments … Medical dictionary
shin splints — shin′ splints n. (used with a pl. v.) pat a painful condition of the front lower leg associated with muscle strain or stress of the tibia from strenuous activity • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
