Trends of 'sprain'. Translations for 'sprain'. A sprain is the injury caused by spraining a joint.He suffered a right ankle sprain. If you sprain your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it, for example, when you fall.He fell and sprained his ankle.
The obturator is used to insert a tracheostomy tube. It fits inside the tube to provide a smooth surface that guides the tracheostomy tube when it is being inserted. There are different types of tracheostomy tubes available and the patient should be given the tube that best suits his/her needs.
Obturator (noun). an apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. Obturator (adj). serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve.Origin: [NL., fr.L. obturare to stop up: cf.n apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate. Obturator (adj). serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. Origin: [NL., fr.