shin splint

See also: shinsplint

English

Alternative forms

• shinsplint

Noun

shin splint (plural shin splints)

1. (medicine) A painful inflammation of the muscles in the shins, especially frequent in runners; (more loosely) a painful condition in the shins.

Usage notes

• The medical usage is mostly shin splint. The form shinsplints without a space is more common in popular usage, with either singular verb or plural verb.

Alternative forms

• shinsplint

Synonyms

• medial tibial syndrome
• medial tibial stress syndrome
• stress-related anterior lower leg pain

Translations

painful inflammation of muscles in the shins

• Dutch: beenvliesontsteking f
• Finnish: penikkatauti (fi)
• Portuguese: canelite f, tibialgia f, estresse tibial medial m
• Russian: раско́лотая го́лень f (raskólotaja gólenʹ)
• Spanish: síndrome de estrés medial de la tibia m, periostitis f