2021-02-02
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Sprain & strain
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ออกเสียง Sprain = ‘SPREYN’
ออกเสียง strain = ‘STREYN’
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SYNONYM STUDY FOR STRAIN
Strain & sprain
imply a wrenching, twisting, and stretchingof muscles and tendons.
To strain is to stretch tightly, make taut, wrench, tear,
cause injury to, by long-continued or sudden
and too violent effort or movement:
to strain one's heart by overexertion, one's eyes by reading small print.
To sprain is to strain excessively(but without dislocation)
by a sudden twist or wrench,
the tendons and muscles connected with a joint,
especially those of the ankle or wrist:
to sprain an ankle.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary
Strain (strān)
A group of organisms of the same species,
sharing certain characteristics not typical of the entire species
but minor enough not to warrant classification
as a separate breed or variety: a drug-resistant strain of bacteri.
The extent to which a body is distorted
when it is subjected to a deforming force, such as stress.
The distortion can involve both a change in shape and in size.
In elastic strain the distorted body returns to its original shape and size
when the force is removed.
In plastic strain the distorted body does not return to its original shape
and size even after the force has been removed.
Compare stress. See more at Hooke's law.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Sprain & strain
A sprain is a painful wrenchingor tearing of the ligaments of a joint,
such as an ankle or wrist.
It may result from a strain, a more general term
that implies misuse, overuse, or overexertion.
That is, a strain is a stretchingor forcing beyond proper limits:
“Because he strained ligaments when he landed, he sprained his ankle.”
