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TRACTION
Definition of TRACTION
- the act of drawing the state of being drawn
- state of tension created by such a pulling force a leg in traction
- pulling force exerted on a skeletal structure (as in a fracture) by means of a special device a traction splint
- the act of pulling or drawing over a surface [n TRACTIONS] : TRACTIVE [adj]
- the act of drawing or pulling [n -S]