[L., a. Gr. ἀπόθεσις, n. of action f. ἀποτιθέναι to lay aside, deposit.]

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  1.  (As in Gr.) The setting of a fractured or dislocated limb.

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1818.  in Hooper, Med. Dict.

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  2.  Arch. = APOPHYGE.

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