truss
2
8.2
- noun
- /trʌs/
- Specialized
:
faja para hernia
- Robin, old chap... once I've adjusted my truss, I'll be happy to thump you on the head.
- wear a truss
Examples
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He wears a truss.
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At once, his father popped up from the chair and clomped to the bedroom, on his way undressing; he was, before shutting the door in their faces, down to yarmulka and truss.
Academic text (2007) -
He was proud of his sore back and his hernia truss, which he wore like a black belt.
Fiction book (1992) -
He loosened his truss.
Fiction book (1992) -
The doctor recommended a truss to help alleviate the discomfort from his hernia.
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After the surgery, she wore a truss to keep the hernia from worsening.
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He found his truss to be uncomfortable but necessary for managing his condition.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.1
Bridge with a frame of connected triangles that holds the road or railway
How Supportive
- Specialized
2
8.2
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Truss comes from an old French word trusse meaning 'to tie' or 'a bundle'. So a medical truss is like a tied support belt that keeps a hernia in place, which helps you remember it as something that 'ties' the problem in.