Injury resulting from a stretch or twist of the joint and causes various degrees of stretch or tear of a ligament or other soft tissue at the joint
stretching injuries of ligamentous tissue Grade 0: plastic deformation of the ligament without any tissue tearing; first degree: microtrauma; second degree; partial tear; third degree; complete disruption
An injury to a ligament when the joint is carried through a range of motion greater than normal, but without dislocation or fracture
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle
If you sprain a joint such as your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it or bending it violently. He fell and sprained his ankle. + sprained sprained a badly sprained ankle His wrist was sprained
twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"