Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedics; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
orthopedics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to orthopedics
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word orthopedic.
Examples
-
I am a board certified family physician who specializes in orthopedic medicine where I utilize many treatment modalities to address diagnostic and treatment dilemmas of the musculoskeletal system.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Guest Post: Dr. Janine Talty, D. O., M. P. H. 2009
-
Then I just want to tamp down its cowlick and put it in orthopedic sneakers and set it to dancing.
A Conversation with Karen Russell author of St. Lucys Home for Girls Raised by Wolves 2010
-
All those kid-hipsters are wearing cycling socks nowadays, punks...if only they knew the long-term orthopedic implications of their fashions.
Recycled Cycling: What's Happening to my Special Purpose? BikeSnobNYC 2008
-
Not because I’m holding her back (I’d like to retire early, and play Dad full time); not because she isn’t as smart (top 5% of her class); not because she doesn’t like surgery (orthopedic is her #1 choice); but because she has to look at her lifestyle.
-
Rather than taking this directive for granted, Nelson delves into the varieties of cruelty perpetrated on us bourgeois for our supposed betterment, what the art critic Grant Kester has called the "orthopedic aesthetic."
NYT > Home Page By LAURA KIPNIS 2011
-
Sibley also plans to add to its obstetrics program and develop an orthopedics program that focuses on subspecialties such as orthopedic oncology, joint replacement or sports medicine.
D.C. officials expected to approve Johns Hopkins-Sibley integration Lena H. Sun 2010
-
Sibley also plans to add to its obstetrics program and develop an orthopedics program that focuses on subspecialties such as orthopedic oncology, joint replacement or sports medicine.
Johns Hopkins-Sibley deal set for approval Lena H. Sun 2010
-
Sibley also plans to add to its obstetrics program and develop an orthopedics program that focuses on subspecialties such as orthopedic oncology, joint replacement or sports medicine.
D.C. officials expected to approve Johns Hopkins-Sibley integration Lena H. Sun 2010
-
Generally, though, since specialists such as orthopedic surgeons see patients who have already passed through the filter of primary care, they can be fairly secure in the knowledge that what they are dealing with is an orthopedic problem.
David Katz, M.D.: The Case for Caring About Primary Care 2010
-
More than 750,000 Americans leave the United States every year to go to foreign countries to have their operations -- big operations such as orthopedic operations and heart surgery.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.