splinted

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noun

  • A strip of rigid material used for supporting and immobilizing a broken bone when it has been set.
  • A long, thin strip of wood used to light a fire.
  • A bony enlargement on the inside of a horse's leg, on the splint bone.
  • A fragment of diamond.

verb

  • Secure (a broken limb) with a splint or splints.