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Named after its designer,
Edville G. Abbott
, US orthopedic surgeon.
Proper noun
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Abbott
's
method
(
medicine
)
A method of
treating
scoliosis
using
plaster
jackets
.
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^
Thomas, Clayton L., editor (
1940
),
Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary
, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published
1993
,
→ISBN
, page 1
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