orthopedics

orthopedics

English

Alternative forms

• orthopaedics (British)

Etymology

From ortho- + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “upbringing, training”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹθəˈpidɪks/

Noun

orthopedics (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints

   Synonyms: orthopedic surgery, (rare) orthosurgery

Derived terms

• orthopedic bed
• orthopedic shoe

Translations

medicine: a branch of medicine

Bulgarian: ортопедия f (ortopedija) Catalan: ortopèdia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 骨科 (zh) (gǔkē), 整形外科 (zh) (zhěngxíng wàikē) (orthopedic surgery), 矯形外科／矫形外科 (zh) (jiǎoxíng wàikē) (orthopedic surgery) Czech: ortopedie (cs) f Dutch: orthopedie (nl) f Esperanto: ortopedio Finnish: ortopedia (fi) Galician: ortopedia f German: Orthopädie (de) f Hungarian: ortopédia (hu) Indonesian: ortopedi (id) Irish: ortaipéide f Italian: ortopedia (it) f Japanese: 整形外科 (せいけいげか, seikei geka) (orthopedic surgery) Malay: ortopedik Polish: ortopedia (pl) f Portuguese: ortopedia (pt) f Russian: ортопе́дия (ru) f (ortopédija) Spanish: ortopedia (es) f Swedish: ortopedi (sv)

See also

• osteology