orthopedics

or·tho·pe·dics also or·tho·pae·dics  (ôrth-pdks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.

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[From orthopedic, from French orthopédique, from orthopédie, orthopedic surgery : Greek ortho-, ortho- + Greek paideia, child-rearing (from pais, paid-, child; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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ortho·pedic adj.

ortho·pedi·cal·ly adv.

ortho·pedist n.

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orthopedics  (ôrth-pdks)

The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of disorders or injuries of the bones, joints, and associated muscles.

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orthopedics

the branch of surgery that is specially concerned with the preservation and restoration of function of the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures. — orthopedist, n. — orthopedic, adj.

See also: Medical Specialties

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

orthopedics - the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints orthopaedics traction - (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days" medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease

Translations

orthop(a)edics

n sg orthop(a)edics [oːθəˈpiːdiks]

the branch of medicine which concerns diseases and injuries of the bones He specialized in orthopaedics. ortopedie تَجْبير، تَقْويم العِظام ортопедия ortopedie ortopædi die Orthopädie ορθοπεδική ortopedia ortopeedia ارتوپدی ortopedi orthopédie विकलांग विज्ञान, हड्डी रोग विज्ञान ortopedija ortopédia ortopedi bæklunarskurðlækningar ortopedia 整形外科 ortopedija ortopēdija ortopedik orthopedie ortopedi ortopedia ortopedia ortopedie ортопедия ortopédia ortopedija ortopedija ortopedi การรักษากระดูกและกล้ามเนื้อ ortopedi 矯形外科學 ортопедія ہڈيوں کي بيماري کا علاج khoa chỉnh hình 矫形外科学

adj orthoˈp(a)edic

ortopedies تَجْبيري، مُتَعَلِّق بِتَجبير العِظام ортопедичен ortopedický ortopædisk orthopädisch ορθοπεδικός ortopédico ortopeediline وابسته به ارتوپدی ortopedinen orthopédique אוֹרתוֹפֶּדִי बाल-विकृतांग-उपचार संबंधी ortopedski ortopéd(iai) ortopedi bæklunarskurðlækninga- ortopedico 整形外科の 정형 외과의 ortopedinis ortopēdisks ortopedik orthopedisch ortopedisk ortopedyczny ortopédico ortopedic ортопедический ortopedický ortopedski ortopedski ortopedisk เกี่ยวกับกระดูกและกล้ามเนื้อ ortopedik olarak 矯形的 ортопедичний ہڈيوں کي بيماري سے متعلق thuộc khoa chỉnh hình 矫形的