— orthopedist , n.
/awr'theuh pee"diks/ , n.
( 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.
Also, orthopaedics .
[ 1850-55; see ORTHOPEDIC, -ICS ]