frame

frame

 [frām]

a rigid supporting structure or a structure for immobilizing a part.

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 rectangular structure of gas pipe across which are stretched two strips of canvas, once used as a bed frame for patients with fractures or disease of the hip or spine.

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

Stryker frame see stryker frame.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

frame

(frām),

A structure made of parts fitted together.

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frame

(frām)

A supporting or integrating structure made of parts fitted together.

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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.

Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann

frame

(frām)

A supporting or integrating structure made of parts fitted together.

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