Definitions for orthopedist
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
or•tho•pe•dicsˌɔr θəˈpi dɪks(n.)
or or•tho•pae•dics
(used with a sing. v.) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, esp. the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
Category: Medicine
Origin of orthopedics:
1850–55; ortho - + Gk paid- (s. of paîs) child
or`tho•pe′dist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
orthopedist, orthopaedist(noun)
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
Wiktionary
orthopedist(Noun)
An orthopedic surgeon
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