Usually means: Ligament injury caused by stretching.
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  1. sprains: Merriam-Webster
  2. sprains: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sprains: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sprains, sprains: Wordnik
  5. sprains: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sprains: Wiktionary
  7. sprains: Dictionary.com
  8. sprains: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sprains: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sprains: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sprains: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprains: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sprains: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  3. sprains: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Sprains: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sprain)

verb:  To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
noun:  The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
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