orthopedics

English

Alternative forms

• orthopaedics (UK)

Etymology

From ortho- + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “upbringing, training”). Originally a branch of medicine correcting deformities in children.

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
• Georgian: ორთოპედია (ortoṗedia)
• German: Orthopädie (de) f
• Hungarian: ortopédia (hu)
• Indonesian: ortopedi (id)
• Irish: ortaipéide f
• Italian: ortopedia (it) f
• Japanese: 整形外科 (ja) (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