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Tommy John surgery
[ tom-ee jon sur-juh-ree ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
- an operation to repair a torn ligament on the inner side of the elbow by replacing it with a tendon from elsewhere in the body or from a donor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tommy John surgery1
First recorded in 1985–1990; after U.S. baseball pitcher Thomas Edward (“Tommy”) John (born 1943), who in 1974 was the first to undergo the surgery
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