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[syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sprain \Sprain\ (spr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprained
(spr[=a]nd); 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sprain \Sprain\, n.
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining;
as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sprain
n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of
its ligaments
v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't
walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench,
turn, wrick, rick]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprain":
abrade, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip,
claw, crack, craze, cut, dislocate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret,
gall, gash, hurt, incise, injure, lacerate, maim,
make mincemeat of, maul, mutilate, pierce, pull, puncture, rend,
rick, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape,
scratch, scuff, skin, slash, slit, stab, stick, strain, stretch,
tear, throw, traumatize, turn, twist, wound, wrench