sports medicine

noun

: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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Other tenants at Viking Lakes, the massive football team HQ and training facility owned by the Wilf family, which also owns the team, include a hotel, a sports medicine center, an apartment complex, and a few other retail options. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025 The practice facility, named the Endeavor Health Performance Center, includes five turf/grass fields, a performance space, hydro pools and an area for the sports medicine team in Roosevelt Square on the site of CHA’s former ABLA Homes housing complex. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 The defendants in the case included American University, the Patriot League, sports medicine doctor Dr. Anthony Williams and the United States, which employed Williams as a military physician at the time. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2025 Wayne Wolff, 58, was scheduled to undergo a standard outpatient procedure to repair his meniscus by the hospital’s head of sports medicine and UC Irvine team doctor Dean Wang. Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports medicine

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports medicine was in 1952

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“Sports medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20medicine. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

Medical Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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