Surg. [med.L. for Gr. ἄμμα a tie, f. ἄμ-τ-ειν to tie.] A band or truss.

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1706.  Phillips, Amma, a Tying, Knitting, a Band; among Surgeons a Truss us’d in Ruptures.

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1719.  Quincy, Lex. Phys.-Med., 14.

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1874.  Dunglison, Med. Dict., Amma, Truss.

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