| splint bone | The second or fourth, or internal or external small metacarpal bone's in the horse; these are splinter-like in shape and lie on either side of the metacarpal or cannon bone. Synonym: fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| splinted abutment | The joining of two or more teeth into a rigid unit by means of fixed restorations to form a single abutment with multiple roots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splinter | 1. To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree. "After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and . . . Abandoned the field to the enemy." (Prescott) 2. To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb. Origin: Cf. LG. Splittern, splinteren. See Splint, Split. A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot. Splinter bar. A crossbar in a coach, which supports the springs. The bar to which the traces are attached; a roller bolt; a whiffletree. See: Splinter, or Splint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| splinter haemorrhages | Multiple tiny longitudinal subungual haemorrhages typically seen in but not diagnostic of bacterial endocarditis, trichinelliasis, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splintered fracture | A comminuted fracture in which the fragments are long and sharp-pointed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| splinting | The immobilisation of a joint or injury site so that healing can take place. Many bony fractures are splinted in the first 24-48 hours to accommodate for swelling, prior to the application of a rigid circular (plaster) cast. (27 Sep 1997) |
| splints | Rigid or flexible appliances used to maintain in position a displaced or movable part or to keep in place and protect an injured part. (12 Dec 1998) |
| split | 1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, especially. By force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin. "Cold winter split the rocks in twain." (Dryden) 2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. "A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water." (Boyle) 3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. 4. <chemistry> To divide or separate into components; often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety. Origin: Probably of Scand. Or Low german origin; cf. Dan. Splitte, LG. Splitten, OD. Splitten, spletten, D. Splijten, G. Spleissen, MHG. Splizen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter. 1. Divided; cleft. 2. <botany> Divided deeply; cleft. Split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc. <machinery> Split pin, a pin with one end split so that it may be spread open to secure it in its place. Split pulley, a parting pulley. See Pulley. Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it. Split ticket, a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| split brain | A brain in which the corpus callosum and usually the anterior and posterior commissures have been sectioned; usually to treat certain refractory epilepsies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split cast method | A procedure for placing indexed casts on an articulator to facilitate their removal and replacement on the instrument, the procedure of checking the ability of an articulator to receive or be adjusted to a maxillomandibular relation record. Synonym: Needles' split cast method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split cast mounting | A cast with key grooves on its base, mounted on an articulator for the purpose of easy removal and accurate replacement; split remounting metal plates may be used instead of grooves in casts, a means for testing the accuracy of articulator adjustment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split fat | Free fatty acids, as reduced by the action of lipases, neutral fats, or phospholipids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split gene | Non-coding, intervening sequences of DNA that are transcribed, but are removed from within the primary gene transcript and rapidly degraded during maturation of messenger RNA. most genes in the nuclei of eukaryotes contain introns, as do mitochondrial and chloroplast genes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| split genes | Genes where the genomic sequences are interrupted by intervening sequences (introns) that are spliced out of the mRNA prior to translation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split hand | A congenital deformity in which the division between the fingers, especially between the third and fourth, extends into the metacarpal region. See: lobster-claw deformity. Synonym: main fourchee, split hand. (05 Mar 2000) |