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) splint (an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg))
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• S: (n) mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)
• S: (n) mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
• S: (n) device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose) "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
• S: (n) instrumentality, instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
• S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• 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))
• derivationally related form

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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