Medical term:
straitjacket
straitjacket
[strāt´jak″et]popular name for camisole.
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strait·jack·et
(strāt'jak'ĕt),A garmentlike device with long sleeves that can be secured to restrain a violently disturbed person.
Synonym(s): camisole
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straitjacket
alsostraightjacket
(strāt′jăk′ĭt)n.
1. A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent patient or prisoner.
2. Something that restricts, hinders, or confines: the straitjacket of bureaucratic paperwork.
tr.v. straitjack·eted, straitjack·eting, straitjack·ets
To restrain, restrict, or hinder by or as if by confining in a straitjacket.
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straitjacket
Camisole A physical restraint device consisting of a canvas jacket with overly long sleeves topped with leather straps that buckle in the jacket's back, preventing a violent person from hurting him/herself or others. See Physical restraint.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
strait·jack·et
(strāt'jak'ĕt)A garmentlike device with long sleeves that can be secured to restrain a violently disturbed person.
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