shin splints

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: injury to and inflammation of the tibial and toe extensor muscles or their fasciae caused by repeated minimal traumas (as by running)

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shin splints

• blueprints
• footprints
• imprints
• misprints
• offprints
• preprints
• reprints
• chintz
• flints
• glints
• hints
• mints

Medical Definition

shin splints

noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: painful injury to and inflammation of the tibial and toe extensor muscles or their fasciae that is caused by repeated minimal traumas (as by running on a hard surface)