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Definition of Crutches
1. crutch [v] - See also: crutch
Medical Definition of Crutches
1. Devices of wood or metal, ordinarily long enough to reach from the armpit to the ground, with a concave surface fitting under the arm and a cross bar for the hand, used for supporting the weight of the body. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crutches
Literary usage of Crutches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"crutches and a high sole on the well foot are a ready solution of the problem ;
but consider the difficulties, one of which is found in the fact that the ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1900)
"‘ON crutches. WILLIAM RUSSELL ROSE. (From the criterion, by permission of the
... Tell ye what, my head was swelled When I came a-limpin' back On crutches. ..."
3. Manual of artificial limbs: ... an Exhaustive Exposition of Pro[s]thesis. by A.A. Marks (Firm), A.A. Marks (Firm, George Edwin Marks (1907)
"Rosewood is also used; it is a dark-colored wood, and when highly finished makes
crutches that are rich and elegant in appearance. ..."
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