Converse of object

• sprain: Don't mess around hoping a badly sprained ankle will get better in the middle of winter.

• elasticate: Daisy Roots shoes are manufactured from the finest quality Garment leather with an elasticated ankle.

• dislocate: The FA cup match at Anfield also saw Alan Smith suffer an horrific broken leg and dislocated ankle.

• injure: He sat out yesterday's 3-1 defeat by Plymouth Argyle after injuring an ankle during training on Saturday.

• twist: This results in the floor being cut up with deep grooves, just right for twisting ankles or braking legs.

• sustain: Devon sustained a broken ankle and a head injury and was taken by ambulance to Pilgrim Hospital for treatment.

Adjective modifier

• swollen: Symptoms include a swollen, painful ankle with possible bruising due to ruptured blood vessels.

• fractured: A fractured ankle saw him quit The Posh and drift away from the professional game.

• twisted: Meanwhile, Michael Bridges ' chances of starting are being played down, with his twisted ankle continuing to cause him problems.

• broken: Is she acting for effect or has she got a broken ankle?

• injured: He became lost, descended into the wrong valley and became benighted with an injured ankle.

• suspected: Only one minute of the game had been played when the City striker was tackled by Creighton and received a suspected broken ankle.

Modifies a noun

• sprain: However, the same pattern was not found for ankle sprains.

• ligament: All of these studies were of people who had been treated for an ankle ligament injury.

• arthrodesis: Finite element analysis of the initial stability of ankle arthrodesis with internal fixation: flat cut versus intact joint contours.

• dorsiflexion: How many older people can achieve 10 degrees ankle dorsiflexion?

• injury: I imagine the ankle injury put paid to his boxing career.

• sock: These were teamed with simple pumps and pink ankle socks.

Noun used with modifier

• cadaver: Hollis et al ( 1995 ) studied 18 cadaver ankles.

• right: I suffered multiple injuries in the crash, the most long-term of which was a severed right ankle.