splint
(splɪnt )
Word forms: splints
countable noun
A splint is a long piece of wood or metal that is fastened to a broken arm, leg, or back to keep it still.
Treatments include hand therapy and painkillers or even a splint.
Image of splint
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Translations:
Chinese: 藤条
Japanese: 添え木
- visual prompt
- visual proof
- visual pun
- visual puzzle
- visual reference
- visual reminder
- visual representation
- visual signal
- visual similarity
- visual spectacle
- visual splendour
- visual stimulus
- visual style
- visual symbols
- visual texture
- visual theatre
- visual treat
- visual trick
- vis-à-vis
- vital
- vital artery
- vital aspect
- vital asset
- vital clue
- vital cog