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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of medicine that deals with injuries or illnesses resulting from participation in sports and athletic activities.
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- noun medicine The branch of
medicine that deals with the effects ofsport andexercise on the body, especially the treatment ofinjuries so received, and also studies thephysiology of exercise
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- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or illness resulting from athletic activities
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