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Definition of Splay
1. Noun. An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger.
2. Verb. Spread open or apart. "He splayed his huge hands over the table"
3. Adjective. Turned outward in an ungainly manner. "Splay knees"
4. Verb. Turn outward. "Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
5. Verb. Move out of position. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Dislocation, Dislocation, Luxation, Slip, Slippage
Definition of Splay
1. v. t. To display; to spread.
2. a. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.
3. a. A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
Definition of Splay
1. to spread out [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Splay
1. 1. To lay open the end of a tubular structure by making a longitudinal incision to increase its potential diameter. See: spatulate. 2. The rounding of the corner on the graph relating rate of renal tubular secretion or reabsorption of a substance to its arterial plasma concentration, due primarily to the fact that some nephrons reach their tubular maximum before others do. (05 Mar 2000)
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