counter-extensionn.
Surgery.
‘The pulling or holding of the upper part of a broken limb, or of a dislocated joint, towards the trunk, while extension is being employed with the lower part’ (Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1860); see extension n. 1b.
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extension1617
counter-extending1874
counter-extension1874
traction1885
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 260 By extension and counter-extension by jack towels or sheets.
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ˌcounter-exˈtend v.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > unite or replace parts [verb (transitive)] > set bones or dislocations
reduce?a1425
set1572
to set together1578
to set to1598
counter-extend1656
1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 34 Bodies would not be counter-extended with such a Magnitude.
ˌcounter-exˈtending n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [noun] > setting bones or dislocations > extension or traction
extension1617
counter-extending1874
counter-extension1874
traction1885
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 637/1 It consists of..a counter-extending band attached to the bed-head.
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