orthopedic

orthopedic

English

Alternative forms

• orthopædic, orthopaedic

Etymology

From French orthopédique.

Adjective

orthopedic (comparative more orthopedic, superlative most orthopedic)

1. Of, or relating to orthopedics.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 291:

     The destiny-grade event that happened to Orin Incandenza at this point was that just as he was passing glumly under the Home goalposts and entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit a loud and ominously orthopedic cracking sound, plus then shrieking, issued from somewhere on the field behind him.

Translations

Of or relating to orthopedics

Catalan: ortopèdic Danish: ortopædisk Dutch: orthopedisch (nl) Esperanto: ortopedia French: orthopédique (fr) German: orthopädisch (de) Hungarian: ortopéd (hu), ortopédiai Irish: ortaipéideach Italian: ortopedico (it) Polish: ortopedyczny (pl) Portuguese: ortopédico Russian: ортопеди́ческий (ru) (ortopedíčeskij) Slovene: ortopedski Spanish: ortopédico (es) Swedish: ortopedisk