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SHIN SPLINTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shin splints mean?
• SHIN SPLINTS (noun)
The noun SHIN SPLINTS has 1 sense:
1. painful inflammation of the muscles around the shins; frequent among runners
Familiarity information: SHIN SPLINTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painful inflammation of the muscles around the shins; frequent among runners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shin splints" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
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