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sprain


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprain  \Sprain\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sprained};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Spraining}.]  [OF.  espreindreto  press,  to  force  out  F. 
  ['e]preindre,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprain  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sprain 
  n  :  a  painful  injury  to  a  joint  caused  by  a  sudden  wrenching  of 
  its  ligaments 
  v  :  twist  suddenly  so  as  to  sprain;  "wrench  one's  ankle"  [syn:  {twist}, 
  {wrench},  {turn},  {wrick},  {rick}] 




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