sprain

noun

A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint.

noun

The condition resulting from a sprain.

transitive verb

To cause a sprain to (a joint or ligament).

To press; push.

To overstrain, as the muscles or ligaments of a joint so as to injure them, but without luxation or dislocation.

noun

A violent straining or wrenching of the soft parts surrounding a joint, without dislocation.

noun

The injury caused by spraining; a sprained joint.

noun

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining.

noun

the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.

transitive 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.