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shinsplints

shinsplints noun: a painful inflammation of the calf muscles, common to runners. Also the plural of shinsplint.

Noun

shinsplints

  1. A painful inflammation of the calf muscles, common to runners.

Also used as

shinsplints is also the plural of shinsplint.

Forms of shinsplints

alternative formshin splints

Origin of shinsplints

shin + splints

Questions about shinsplints

What does shinsplints mean?
Shinsplints means a painful inflammation of the calf muscles, common to runners.
What part of speech is shinsplints?
Shinsplints is a noun.

Words near shinsplints in the dictionary

  1. shins
  2. shins out
  3. Shinsky
  4. Shinskys
  5. shinsplint
  6. shinsplints
  7. shintai
  8. shintaido
  9. shinties
  10. shintiyan
  11. shintiyans

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