orthodontics
English
editEtymology
editFrom ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: ōrthôdŏntĭks
- Hyphenation: or‧tho‧don‧tics
Noun
editorthodontics (uncountable)
- (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
Synonyms
editHypernyms
edit- dentistry (hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied)
Coordinate terms
editTranslations
editcorrecting misalignment of teeth
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