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Definition 2024

orthopedics

orthopedics

English

Noun

orthopedics ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints

Derived terms

Translations

medicine: a branch of medicine

Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨科 (zh) ‎(gǔkē), 整形外科 (zh) ‎(zhěngxíng wàikē) (orthopedic surgery), 矯形外科 (zh), 矫形外科 (zh) ‎(jiǎoxíng wàikē) (orthopedic surgery)
Czech: ortopedie f
Finnish: ortopedia (fi)
German: Orthopädie (de) f

Hungarian: ortopédia (hu)
Irish: ortaipéide f
Japanese: 整形外科 ‎(せいけいげか, seikei geka) (orthopedic surgery)
Portuguese: ortopedia (pt) f
Russian: ортопе́дия (ru) f ‎(ortopédija)
Spanish: ortopedia (es) f
Swedish: ortopedi (sv)

See also

osteology