sports medicine

noun

: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Jesse Morse, a sports medicine physician who has grown very popular on X for weighing in on sports injuries, wrote a post with his opinion about Kittle. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025 James Gladstone, the chief of sports medicine at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, told me that tennis resembles high-intensity interval training, which has been shown to improve cognitive function and memory in healthy older adults. Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025 Wenger is also a family medicine and sports medicine physician in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, who regularly works with people on GLP-1s. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025 Ramsey Nijem is director/sports performance and Bill Cowgill associate director/ sports medicine. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports medicine

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports medicine was in 1952

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“Sports medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20medicine. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a field of medicine concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

Medical Definition

sports medicine

noun
: a medical specialty concerned with the prevention and treatment of injuries and disorders that are related to participation in sports

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