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orthopaedics

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or=tho=pae=dics

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun orthopaedics has 1 sense

orthopaedics(n = noun.cognition) orthopedics - the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints; Array

is a kind of medical science

Derived form noun orthopaedist₁

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orthopaedics,

See otrthopedic and orthopedics. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

orthopaedics, n.pl. (treated as sing.) (US -pedics) the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles, orig. in children.

Derivative

orthopaedic adj. orthopaedist n.

Etymology

F orthop{eacute}die (as ORTHO-, p{eacute}die f. Gk paideia rearing of children)

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