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Definition of Overcorrected
1. overcorrect [v] - See also: overcorrect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcorrected
Literary usage of Overcorrected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"DISABILITIES AND DEFORMITIES OF THE FOOT Functional Use in the overcorrected
Attitude.—As soon as possible, often on the following day, the patient is ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"Oettingen-Fink bandage applied, foot in overcorrected position. Both feet
successfully treated in three mouths. towards a bandage applied towards the thigh. ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Four cases have been overcorrected. Of those cases that gave up treatment, one
girl thirteen years old, with a moderate left dorsal and right lumbar curve, ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"The foot must be held in an overcorrected position during and after the muscular
attachment, and the tendon of the muscle must be tight even in this ..."
5. Orthopedic Surgery by Edward Hickling Bradford, Robert Williamson Lovett (1915)
"Considerable force is often necessary to bring the foot into an overcorrected
position. This can be done either by manual force or by the aid of mechanical ..."
6. Orthopedic Surgery by James Edward Moore (1898)
"After the first two weeks it will not be necessary to keep the head in the
overcorrected position, but mechanical support should be worn for some weeks or ..."
7. The Eye by Edward Engler Gibbons (1904)
"Figure III represents simple hyperopic astigmatism overcorrected by a ...
The astigmatism was corrected when a was brought to b, but is now overcorrected. ..."
8. Atlas and Epitome of Traumatic Fractures and Dislocations by Heinrich Helferich (1902)
"My own experience teaches me, then, emphatic- allv to favor the overcorrected
position. Flat-foot following Pott's fracture is not uncommon. ..."
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