sprain
nounA painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint.
nounThe condition resulting from a sprain.
transitive verbTo 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.
nounA violent straining or wrenching of the soft parts surrounding a joint, without dislocation.
nounThe injury caused by spraining; a sprained joint.
nounThe act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining.
nounthe separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached.
transitive verbTo weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation.