Definition of Sprin
Sprain (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sprained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spraining.] [OF. espreindreto press, to force out, F.
épreindre, 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.
Sprain, n. The act or result of
spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of
the wrist.
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.
Sprain (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sprained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Spraining.] [OF. espreindreto press, to force out, F.
épreindre, 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.
Sprain, n. The act or result of
spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of
the wrist.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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