traction

set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the spine and skeletal system; types of traction: skin traction and skeletal traction
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traction

Summary

traction is a medical procedure type[1]. traction draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure_type category, ranking #22 of 74).[2]

Key Facts

  • traction's image is recorded as GreekGravityTraction.png[3].
  • traction's instance of is recorded as medical procedure type[4].
  • traction's subclass of is recorded as medical procedure[5].
  • traction's Commons category is recorded as Orthopedic traction[6].
  • traction's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D014143[7].
  • traction's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 002336[8].
  • traction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lk7z[9].
  • traction's MeSH tree code is recorded as E04.555.720[10].
  • traction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orthopedic traction[11].
  • traction's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/traction-medicine[12].
  • traction's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0040597[13].
  • traction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779252013[14].
  • traction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910907956[15].

Why It Matters

traction draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure_type category, ranking #22 of 74).[2] traction has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] traction is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). traction. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction
MLA “traction.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_traction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{traction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/traction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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