transcription, транскрипция: [ spreɪn ]
( sprains, spraining, sprained)
1.
If you sprain a joint such as your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it or bending it violently.
He fell and sprained his ankle.
VERB : V n
• sprained
...a badly sprained ankle...
His wrist was sprained.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
2.
A sprain is the injury caused by spraining a joint.
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