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sports medicine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The branch of medicine that deals with the effects of sport and exercise on the body, especially the treatment of injuries so received, and also studies the physiology of exercise

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or illness resulting from athletic activities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動醫學 /运动医学 (yùndòng yīxué) — branch of medicine
  • Finnish: urheilulääketiede — branch of medicine
  • French: médecine du sport — branch of medicine
  • German: Sportmedizin — branch of medicine
  • Greek: αθλητιατρική (athlitiatrikí) — branch of medicine
  • Hungarian: sportorvoslás — branch of medicine
  • Hungarian: sportmedicina — branch of medicine
  • Japanese: スポーツ医学 — branch of medicine
  • Polish: medycyna sportowa — branch of medicine
  • Portuguese: medicina esportiva — branch of medicine
  • Romanian: medicină sportivă — branch of medicine
  • Russian: спортивная медицина (sportivnaja medicina) — branch of medicine
  • Slovak: telovýchovné lekárstvo — branch of medicine
  • Spanish: medicina deportiva — branch of medicine
  • Turkish: spor hekimliği — branch of medicine
  • Ukrainian: спортивна медицина (sportyvna medycyna) — branch of medicine