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sports medicine
noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
Examples of sports medicine in a Sentence
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There are also medical tents with physicians and sports medicine experts from runDisney partner AdventHealth, where participants can get taped up and tended.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2024
But a sports medicine doctor at the workout facility advised him to go to urgent care anyway.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
Previous experience: Carter previously owned a sports medicine clinic in Scottsdale and was the host of a fitness show that aired on a Christian TV network.
—Reagan Priest, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
Whether a full recovery using PRP injections might still result in a pitcher eventually undergoing Tommy John surgery is a subject of debate among sports medicine professionals.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
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“Sports medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20medicine. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
sports medicine
noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
Medical Definition
sports medicine
noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports
More from Merriam-Webster on sports medicine
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