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Velpeau, Alfred

(vel-pō' )

Alfred-Armand -Louis-Marie Velpeau, Fr. anatomist and surgeon, 1795–1867.

V.'s band age A special immobilizing roller band age that incorporates the shoulder, forearm, and arm.

V.'s deformity A deformity seen in the fracture of Colles, in which the lower fragment is displaced backward.