leg brace

collocation in English

meaningsoflegandbrace

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leg
noun[C]
uk
/leɡ/us
/leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
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brace
noun
uk
/breɪs/us
/breɪs/
something that is used to support or connect things, or to make ...
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(Definition oflegandbracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleg brace

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In the past year alegbracehas been used three times as a restraint.
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He walks on crutches and wears alegbrace.
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She has alegbraceand walks with a limp, but it is faster than any of her sisters.
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He wore alegbraceduring production which was hidden under the wide 1930s style trousers.
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Dyson is not among the boys as presumably hislegbraceprevents him taking part.
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The style of stilts they walked was very similar to the modern day ones but with one main difference, they had no frontlegbrace.
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He walks with a slight limp with the help of alegbracein the second film, and the knee is still tightly bandaged in the third film.
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He trained his upper body from his wheelchair and then from a walker until the leg braces were removed.
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Proper foot care including custom-made shoes and leg braces may minimize discomfort and increase function.
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Onley is able to walk using leg braces and canes or crutches, but he generally prefers to get around using his electric scooter.
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He was forced to wear leg braces which made walking difficult and running near impossible.
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He wore leg braces and used crutches until he was aged ten.
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His story begins with the leg braces he had to wear as a child in the 1950s, which resulted in other children bullying him.
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The consequences of the disease left polio victims marked for life, leaving behind vivid images of wheelchairs, crutches, leg braces, breathing devices, and deformed limbs.
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After the leg braces were removed, he began training his legs again, but within 24 hours a staph infection blew out his right knee.
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During a polio epidemic in 1939, he made leg braces for children at his shop.
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Coe then told the parents to remove the boy's leg braces.
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If symptoms are prolonged and pronounced or hereditary, doctors often use orthotic shoes or leg braces at night to gently move a child's leg back into position.
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