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.
1. n. That which closes or stops an opening. 2. a. Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve.3. n. Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check.efinition of Obturator. 1. Noun. A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate).