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- noun Plural form of
sprain . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sprain .
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Examples
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They treat patients who would normally be seen in a primary-care office, with conditions such as sprains, dental pains, rashes or back pain.
ER nurse sees patients normally treated by primary care 2009
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Among other causes, we may enumerate sprains or wounds of the flexor tendons, or any disease of the limbs for a long time preventing extension of the fetlock-joint, such as sprains or injuries of the posterior ligaments of the limb, splints or ringbones so placed as to interfere with the movements of the flexor tendons, or, in the hind-limb, spavin, keeping for some months the fetlock in a state of flexion.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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The FDNY responded to 93 major fires this week, resulting in 471 firefighters getting minor injuries (such as sprains and heat exhaustion).
Gothamist 2010
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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Three firefighters escaped with minor injuries such as sprains and singed hair.
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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Almost half of the injuries were "soft-tissue" injuries such as sprains and bruises, they noted.
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