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a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.

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Origin of sports medicine

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby sports medicine

sportsdom, sport shirt, sports jacket, sportsman, sportsmanship, sports medicine, sportsperson, sports shirt, sportster, sportswear, sportswoman

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How to use sports medicine in a sentence

The “most popular theory” involves the heart and the lungs, said James Robinson, a sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Do you sometimes taste blood when working out? Here’s what might be happening.|Allyson Chiu|October 8, 2021|Washington Post
One of the simplest reasons is that the mucous membranes of your nose and throat are irritated, said Timothy Miller, a sports medicine physician and orthopedic surgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Do you sometimes taste blood when working out? Here’s what might be happening.|Allyson Chiu|October 8, 2021|Washington Post
He was working at FedEx while preparing to apply to college and study sports medicine.
Cops Say He Killed Himself During a Traffic Stop. His Family Says It’s Murder.|Andrew Boryga|May 28, 2021|The Daily Beast
John DiFiori, the NBA’s director of sports medicine, told USA Today the daily temperature check was “really the foundation” of the league’s approach to keeping everyone safe.
Taking the pandemic’s temperature|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review

I’m either going to be an emergency physician doing a little bit of sports medicine or a public-health figure working for I don’t know what exactly.
Kansas City Chiefs Lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Stayed On The COVID-19 Front Lines. Now He's Missing The Super Bowl.|Sean Gregory|February 4, 2021|Time
The trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Michael Steinbrick, a personal trainer with New York Sports Clubs, says he can always spot a newbie.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If laughter is the best medicine, The Comeback made you feel enough pain to need a dose—and then it delivered in spades.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Local life in these places is not defined by their sports team or by their natural beauty—by things only available locally.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The religion shaped all facets of life: art, medicine, literature, and even dynastic politics.
The Buddhist Business of Poaching Animals for Good Karma|Brendon Hong|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Parliament of England ordered the Book of Sports to be burned by the common hangman.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Insult and outrage seemed to have given that bodily vigour to Ripperda, which medicine and surgery had taken no pains to restore.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Barclay, in his tract on "The Vertues of Tobacco," recommends its use as a medicine.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
We knew then that his medicine was bad medicine, otherwise the white baas without the pictures could not have killed him.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sports medicine

sports medicine

noun

the branch of medicine concerned with injuries sustained through sport

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Medical definitions for sports medicine

sports medicine

[ spôrts ]

The branch of medicine that deals with injuries or illnesses resulting from participation in sports and athletic activities.