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jacket (jak´әt) an encasement or covering for the trunk, especially the thorax. plaster-of-Paris jacket
a casing of plaster of paris enveloping the body, for the purpose of giving support or correcting deformities; see also cast. Sayre jacket
a plaster-of-Paris jacket used as a support for the vertebral column. strait jacket
straitjacket.
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