an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
[ 1925-30; so called because first used in the BALKAN MOUNTAINS ]
an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
[ 1925-30; so called because first used in the BALKAN MOUNTAINS ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012