Noun

• S: (n) splint (a thin sliver of wood) "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
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• S: (n) paring, sliver, shaving (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
• S: (n) fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else) "a fragment of rock"
• S: (n) part, piece (a portion of a natural object) "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
• S: (n) thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) splint (an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg))
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Verb

• S: (v) splint (support with a splint) "splint a broken finger"
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• S: (n) medicine, practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries) "he studied medicine at Harvard"
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