splint

1. A thin piece split off from a larger piece; a splinter.
2. 1. A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone.
   2. A dental appliance put on the teeth to protect them from grinding or from moving out of place.
3. A thin, flexible wooden strip, such as one used in the making of baskets or chair bottoms.
4. A plate or strip of metal.
5. A bony enlargement of the cannon bone or splint bone of a horse.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte.]

1. a rigid appliance for the fixation of displaced or movable parts. 2. a support or brace used to fasten or confine. 3. metal, acrylic resin, or modeling compound fashioned to retain in position teeth that may have been replanted or have fractured roots.

A rigid device used to support or immobilize an injured body-part. Splints maybe used to hold broken bones or ruptured ligaments in place, and to ensure conformity between the broken ends during the healing process.

1. a rigid or flexible appliance for fixation of displaced or fractured bones.
2. see also splints.

• biphase s. — an external mandibular splint used to stabilize fractures. It consists of fixation bolts placed in the mandible with an acrylic bar placed across the protruding ends, parallel to the mandible.
• gutter s. — one with a central channel into which the well padded limb is placed for support of a fracture.
• half-pin s. — open reduction fracture repair based on placing Steinmann pins through the cortex and at an acute angle to the bone, in both sides of the fracture. The pins are connected to each other with rods which are then locked together with a Kirschner clamp, the fracture reduced and the pin-clamp assembly readjusted. Half-pin systems include Jonas and Kirschner.
• Kirschner–Ehmer s. — see kirschner–Ehmer splint.
• lateral s. — rigid splinting material such as plaster is applied to the lateral surface of a limb covered in a soft padded bandage to provide support and protection from angular or bending forces.
• metal rod s. — aluminum rods, bent to conform to the angles of the limb, are incoorporated into the outer layers of a soft padded bandage to provide support and protection from angular or bending forces.
• modified spica s. — similar to a lateral splint, but the bandaging and splinting is more extensive, being carried over the shoulder or hip and across the dorsal midline. Used to immobilize the humerus or femur, temporarily or as an adjunct to internal fixation.
• Robert-Jones s. — see Robert-Jones bandage.
• Schroeder–Thomas s. — a traction splint, made of aluminum rods and consisting of a padded ring with extended bars bent to a shape determined by the size of animal and type of fracture. The limb is suspended and traction applied to the joints proximal and distal to the fracture site by wrapping with padded bandages. Modified versions are used for radial and tibial fractures in large animals.
• snowshoe s. — molded to fit the bottom of an avian foot, it is suitable for supporting fractures of the digits in those species.
• spoon s. — concave channel splints of metal or plastic, commonly used over soft padding for fractures of the lower limb in dogs and cats.
• Stader s. — the original half-pin splint now largely superseded by the kirschner splint. The pins have to be placed in the bone fragments in the position dictated by the configuration of the blocks into which the pins are fastened.
• tape s. — support with tape can be used on leg fractures in birds.
• Thomas s. — see Schroeder–Thomas splint (above).
• traction s. — see Schroeder–Thomas splint (above).

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Splint may refer to:

• Splint (programming tool), a device for checking computer programs
• Splint (medicine), a medical device for the immobilization of limbs or spine
• Splints, an ailment of horses
• Splint (orthodontic), a retainer built into teeth to keep them from changing positions, often after having dental braces
• Shin splints, a general term used to refer to a painful condition in the shin
• Splint armour, a type of medieval armour

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - splint, pind, skinne
v. tr. - understøtte med en skinne

Nederlands (Dutch)
spalken, spalk

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) attelle, éclisse, allume-feu
v. tr. - éclisser, poser une attelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schiene
v. - schienen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) νάρθηκας, σκλήθρα, σχίζα, πελεκούδι, προσάναμμα
v. - βάζω σε νάρθηκα

Italiano (Italian)
fissare, stecca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tala (f)
v. - entalar

Русский (Russian)
планка, дранка, лыко, лубок, шина, шплинт, малоберцовая кость, накладывать шину, класть в лубок

Español (Spanish)
n. - tablilla
v. tr. - entablillar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spjäla, skena
v. - spjäla, spjälka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
薄木条, 薄金属片, 藤条, 夹板, 用夹板固定

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 薄木條, 薄金屬片, 藤條, 夾板
v. tr. - 用夾板固定

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 얇은 나무 오리, (접골 치료용) 부목, (성냥) 개비
v. tr. - ~에 부목으로 고정시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 副木, 札
v. - 副木を施す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خشبه للتجبير (فعل) جبر, شد بتجبيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוט לקיבוע של בגף שבורה, גשיש, כפיס, קישושת - פסיס עץ (או חומר אחר) לקליעת סלים, מעין גפרור, רצועת מתכת לחיזוק שריון, גידול בצד הפנימי של רגל סוס‬
v. tr. - ‮קיבע גף שבורה‬

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