sports medicine

noun

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

Examples of sports medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sutter Health announced two major projects this week: A 120,000-square-foot sports medicine center downtown, and a 56,000-square-foot specialty center in Elk Grove. —Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Savas is an honors student and wants to compete in gymnastics and study sports medicine in college. —Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025

As a sports medicine physician at at Northwell Health Physician Partners Orthopaedic Institute in New Hyde Park, NY, Dr. Amy West frequently addresses patient complaints about lower back pain. —Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 9 Apr. 2025

Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics. —Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sports medicine

• biomedicine
• telemedicine

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

ˈspō(ə)rts-, ˈspȯ(ə)rts- 

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