Orthopedics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  orthopedics \orthopedics\ n. [Ortho- + Gr. ?, ?, a child.]
     (Med.)
     The art or practice of correcting disorders or deformities of
     the spine and joints, or, by extension, any deformities of
     the human body.
  


     Syn: orthopaedics, orthopedy.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  orthopedics
       n : the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or
           deformities of the spine and joints [syn: {orthopaedics}]