knee brace
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3.2
- noun
- /niː breɪs/
:
rodillera
- Many rehabilitation practices today involve an early motion rehabilitation program that includes guarded motion in a knee brace or continuous passive knee motion immediately after ACL reconstruction.
- wear a knee brace
- get a knee brace
I had on both of my, my knee braces.
- I had on both of my, my knee braces.
Examples
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A lone jogger, wearing a sweaty knee brace, runs around the parking lot.
Academic text (2012) -
Though fans and some players on the sidelines were concerned at first, the play ended up being a harmless case of Manning's knee brace getting caught in the grass.
Blog text (23) -
- You got the knee brace in there.
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The fact that my knee brace got caught, nobody wants to hear that.
Blog text (23) -
I left with a knee brace.
Blog text (6) -
Yeah, like a protective knee brace.
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I need to get a knee brace for howie.
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Tukuafu has been practicing, and while he was wearing a knee brace today, he was not limping.
Blog text (12) -
Slowly slipping off his knee brace, Moe Bernstein, though he didn't say anything, tended to agree.
Fiction book (1995) -
After surgery, she wore a knee brace to help support her recovery.
Synonyms
85
4.0
A set of metal or clear parts fixed to teeth to make them straight
How Supportive
- Specialized
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4.6
3
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a support device worn around the knee' is directly and literally composed from 'knee' (the joint) and 'brace' (a support device). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The name knee brace comes from the idea of a brace that fits around the knee to hold it steady and protect it. So, it means a device people wear to 'support' the joint during recovery or sport.