2. Verb. (third-person singular of splint) ¹
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Definition of Splints
1. splint [v] - See also: splint
Medical Definition of Splints
1. Rigid or flexible appliances used to maintain in position a displaced or movable part or to keep in place and protect an injured part. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splints
Literary usage of Splints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"Can's splints for Colics' Fracture. Gordon's splints (Fig. 115) again, aim at
the reduction of o the displacement peculiar to Colles' fracture, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"These splints are so arranged that their corresponding edges are a little distance
... If two of these splints be required for a broken limb, the splints ..."
3. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"A piece of wood 3 centimetres in thickness and width by i metre in length yields
400 lengths, each of which can be cut up into fifteen splints ; 6000 of the ..."
4. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"THE USE OF splints. In certain neglected cases, or in cases with contractures of
long standing, the use of hydrotherapy and other agencies must be ..."
5. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"splints.—The most common retentive dressings are made of wooden splints, ...
For small splints basswood. three-sixteenths of an inch thick, ..."
6. Indian Basketry: And How to Make Indian and Other Baskets by George Wharton James (1903)
"Two colors of splints are used and the handles are of plaited sweet grass, sewed
with strong thread to the sides. The square basket is simple mat weave for ..."
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