BUCK'S EXTENSION


Meaning of BUCK'S EXTENSION in English

ˈbəks- noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: after Gurdon Buck died 1877 American surgeon

: an apparatus for extension of a fractured limb by the application of a weight controlled by a rope and pulley ; also : the traction so applied

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