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strain 1 medical definition
verb
- To pull, draw, or stretch tight.
- To stretch or exert one's muscles or nerves to the utmost.
- To injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; wrench.
- To filter, trickle, percolate, or ooze.
- To pass a liquid through a filtering agent such as a strainer.
- To draw off or remove by filtration.
- The act of straining.
- The state of being strained.
- Extreme or laborious effort.
- A great or excessive pressure, demand, or stress on one's body, mind, or resources.
- A wrench, twist, or other physical injury resulting from excessive tension, effort, or use.