| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  spr n |
| NOUN: | 1. A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint. 2. The condition resulting from a sprain. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sprained, sprain·ing, sprains
To cause a sprain to (a joint or ligament). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Origin unknown.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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