brace

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brace[1,noun] brace[2,transitive verb] halo Milwaukee brace

Main Entry: ¹brace
Pronunciation: brs
Function: noun
1 : an appliance that gives support to movable parts (as a joint or a fractured bone), to weak muscles (as in paralysis), or to strained ligaments (as of the lower back)
2 braces plural : an orthodontic appliance usually of metallic wire that is used especially to exert pressure to straighten misaligned teeth and that is not removable by the patient