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