Sprain
[spreɪn] or [spren]
Definition
(noun.) a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments.
Checked by Aida--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Strain (as a joint), twist, wrench.
Editor: Roxanne
Definition
v.t. to overstrain the muscles of a joint.—n. a term employed in surgery to designate a violent stretching of tendinous or ligamentous parts with or without rupture of some of their fibres.
Edited by Juanita
Examples
- Thank you: I shall do: I have no broken bones,--only a sprain; and again he stood up and tried his foot, but the result extorted an involuntary Ugh! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I have to thank her for this sprain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ankle was disregarded. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Oh that he had sprained his ankle in the first dance! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I've sprained my ankle. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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