ORTHOPEDICS


Meaning of ORTHOPEDICS in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .