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Zimmer frame

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A walking frame. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

    "Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Zimmer frame. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of

    "the well-dressed, terminally ill defendant who stumbles into the dock, supported by a zimmer frame"

  3. 3
    a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk wordnet

Etymology

From Zimmer Orthopaedic Ltd, the original manufacturer, now Zimmer Biomet, founded by Justin O. Zimmer in 1927 in Warsaw, Indiana.

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