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frame (frām) a rigid structure for giving support to or for immobilizing a part.

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Balkan frame  an apparatus for continuous extension in treatment of fractures of the femur, consisting of an overhead bar, with pulleys attached, by which the leg is supported in a sling.

Bradford frame  a canvas-covered, rectangular frame of pipe; used as a bed frame in disease of the spine or thigh.

quadriplegic standing frame  a device for supporting in the upright position a patient whose four limbs are paralyzed.

Stryker frame  one consisting of canvas stretched on anterior and posterior frames, on which the patient can be rotated around their longitudinal axis.

trial frame  an eyeglass frame designed to permit insertion of different lenses used in correcting refractive errors of vision.

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frame (frm)

n.

Something composed of parts fitted and joined together.

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frame

[frām]

a structure, usually rigid, designed for giving support to or for immobilizing a part.

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frame,

n a structure, usually rigid, designed to give support or attachment to a part, or to immobilize a part.

frame, implant,

n See substructure, implant.

frame, occluding

(ōkloo´ding),
n a device for relating casts to each other for the purpose of arranging teeth or for use in making an index of the occlusion of dentures; an articulator. See also articulator.

frame, rubber dam,

n See holder, rubber dam.

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frame

1. a rigid supporting structure.

2. a structure for immobilizing a part.

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frame shift mutation

see frame shift mutation.

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frame

A structure in metal, plastic, tortoiseshell, wood, leather, etc. for enclosing or supporting ophthalmic lenses but usually considered without the lenses. See spectacles.