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Brace
1) orthopaedic appliances used to support, align, or hold parts of the body in correct position. (Dorland, 28th ed)
2) 1) An appliance that gives support to movable parts (as a joint or a fractured bone), to weak muscles (as in paralysis), or to strained ligaments (as of the lower back). 2) Braces plural: an orthodontic appliance usually of metallic wire that is used especially to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth and that is not removable by the patient
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