Taber's Medical Dictionary
frame
(frām)
A supporting structure.
Balkan frame
A framework that fits over a bed. Weights suspended from the frame and connected through ropes and pulleys are used to produce continuous traction while permitting freedom of motion, thus maintaining desired immobilization of the part being treated.
Bradford frame
SEE: Bradford frame
quadriplegic standing frame
A device for supporting a patient with all four extremities paralyzed.
Stryker frame
SEE: Stryker, Homer H.
trial frame
An eyeglass frame for holding trial lenses while a person is being fitted for glasses.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Frame." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761739/all/frame.
Frame. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761739/all/frame. Accessed November 8, 2024.
Frame. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761739/all/frame
Frame [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761739/all/frame.
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