spleen.]

Acce ory spleen, splenculus, splenulus, lienunculus. of a joint or between the ends of a broken bone. 3. The splint-bone, or fibula. 3. An exostosis between one of the small bones and the shank, or on any of the three bones of the foreleg, of the horse it is apt to cause lamene , especially in the trot. Bava'rian s., a splint of plaster^of Paris contained between two layers of flannel; when it is in place, adapted to the limb, the plaster is moistened and sets into a firm perfectly fitting splint, coapt a'tion s., a short splint designed to prevent overriding of the ends of a fractured bone, usually supplemented by a longer splint to fix the entire limb, plaster s., a splint constructed of bandages or strips of gauze impregnated with plaster-of-Paris.