What is a bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes called?
truss — (Surg.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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