Usually means: Injury to ligaments around joint.
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  1. sprain: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sprain: Merriam-Webster
  3. sprain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sprain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sprain: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sprain: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sprain, sprain: Wordnik
  8. sprain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sprain: Wiktionary
  10. sprain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sprain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sprain: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sprain: Dictionary.com
  14. sprain (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sprain: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sprain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sprain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sprain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sprain: Rhymezone
  20. sprain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sprain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sprain: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sprain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sprain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sprain: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprain: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Sprain: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. sprain: Natural Health glossary
  5. Sprain: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  9. sprain: Medical dictionary
  10. Sprain: Drug Medical Dictionary
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▸ verb:  To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
▸ noun:  The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

Similar:
turn, wrench, twist, wrick, rick, spring, pull, strain, wramp, wring, more...

Types:
inversion, eversion, hyperextension, hyperflexion, more...

Phrases:
ankle sprain, acromioclavicular sprain, sprain fracture, metatarsophalangeal joint sprain, sprain ankle, more...

Adjectives:
severe, worse, acute, lateral, degree, simple, mild, slight, cervical, joint, chronic

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Similar:
turn, wrench, twist, wrick, rick, spring, pull, strain, wramp, wring, more...

Types:
inversion, eversion, hyperextension, hyperflexion, more...

Phrases:
ankle sprain, acromioclavicular sprain, sprain fracture, metatarsophalangeal joint sprain, sprain ankle, tendon sprain, Sprain Brook Parkway, High ankle sprain, treats a sprain, treatment for a sprain, more...

Adjectives:
severe, worse, acute, lateral, degree, simple, mild, slight, cervical, joint, chronic

Colors:
    purple,     blue,     black,     red,     green, more...



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