Subj: Re: Correction to error made in previous message
Date: 10/22/1999 6:14:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Eduandinfo
Re: Your question “shrinker”
A shrinker is an elstic tubular sock (prefabricated or custom made, including
textile plus rubber or latex threads) that provides, when applied on a
“stump”, constant radially directed force and thus assists in reducing edema.
The edema reduction in turn shrinks the volume of the residual limb (stump) –
thus the term shrinker. A shrinker belongs to the family of medical hosiery.
Wieland Kaphingst – for or-bi-lingua
Professional translations for O&P and bio-medical technology
