Look up: splints

1. Splints
   A rigid support designed to hold bones in place to allow healing, e.g., broken bones, or to prevent movement in general.
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2. splints
   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) ...
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3. splints
   a device for preventing movement of a joint or holding part of the body in place.
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4. SPLINTS
   Inflammation of the interosseous ligament that attaches the splint bones to the cannon bone.
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5. Splints
   `Splints` is an ailment of the horse or pony, characterized by a hard, bony swelling, usually on the inside of a front leg, lying between the splint and cannon bone or on the splint bone itself. It may be "hot," meaning that it occurred recently and is still painful; or "cold," m...
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