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or•tho•pe•dics



Pronunciation: (ôr"thu-pē'diks), [key]
n.
(used with a sing. v.) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, esp. the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments. Also,or"tho•pae'dics.

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