Converse of object

• shin: Liam avoided this fate by having to drop out at about 27 miles due to a sudden pain that he suspected was shin splints.

• wear: Wear wrist splints for support, or try resting your wrists on a sponge bar in front of the keyboard.

• apply: Do not attempt to apply splints to the leg.

• prevent: Stretching Stretching the leg muscles before and after exercise helps prevent shin splints.

• light: The ( - ) cathode gas gives a squeaky pop with a lit splint - hydrogen.

• design: It is a flexible ( usually plastic ) splint designed to be used over the diaper.

Adjective modifier

• glowing: The test for oxygen gas is that it relights a glowing splint.

• wooden: It took him a while, his movement hindered by the ungainly wooden splint strapped to his leg.

• removable: A removable knee splint may be used to support the knee during the recovery period.

• smart: Once its job is done, the smart splint must disappear completely - a very smart solution to an old medical problem.

• plastic: I was led into the physio's room where Lesley make me this plastic splint within minutes.

Modifies a noun

• coal: They had also acquired control of the lion's share of the vital splint coal and blackband ore needed to feed these furnaces.

• bone: Splints: Splints are bony enlargements on the splint bones caused by damage to the bone membrane.

• treatment: Over the years a number of treatments have been tried ranging from reassurance with no treatment to conservative splint treatment to various surgical procedures.

• problem: Kieron Dyer is now on crutches with shin splint problems after a long injury lay-off.

Noun used with modifier

• shin: My problems started with shin splints, which I managed to get rid of thanks to all the advice I had received.

• wrist: Wear wrist splints for support, or try resting your wrists on a sponge bar in front of the keyboard.

• bite: There is a distinction between treatment for a problematic joint treatment for problematic muscles How long should I wear the Bite Splint for?

• night: Even the night splint has been shown to be effective only in relatively chronic patients.

• leg: The home fans booed but it was obvious the injury was worse than it appeared as a leg splint was brought on.