Taber's Medical Dictionary
jacket
[Fr. jacquet, jacket]
A bandage usually applied to the trunk to immobilize the spine or correct deformities.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Jacket." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761460/all/jacket.
Jacket. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761460/all/jacket. Accessed May 1, 2026.
Jacket. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761460/all/jacket
Jacket [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 01]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761460/all/jacket.
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