Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The art or practice of correcting disorders or deformities of the spine and joints, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The branch of
medicine that deals with theprevention orcorrection ofdisorders of thebones and associatedmuscles andjoints
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Canada … orthopedics is pretty good … you can get reconstructive knee surgery fairly quickly by good orthopedic surgeons.
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It took an expert in orthopedics (who was taking one of his classes) to enlighten him.
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One quick question, about acquisition outlook for 2009, do you guys have any specific guidance or some additional details on what area that you guys may be looking for in terms of padding some extra assets here; historically it seems like the orthopedics has been the key target.
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One quick question, about acquisition outlook for 2009, do you guys have any specific guidance or some additional details on what area that you guys may be looking for in terms of padding some extra assets here; historically it seems like the orthopedics has been the key target.
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Other specialties have undergone relative declines such as orthopedics safer cars and fewer smashed bones.
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There has to be a substantial increase in the number of specialized clinics; most notably in fields such as orthopedics, imaging and ophthalmology.
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Leaders hope to also incorporate "medical tourism," in which patients come to Vail for certain specialties such as orthopedics, into the plan.
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Leaders hope to also incorporate "medical tourism," in which patients come to Vail for certain specialties such as orthopedics, into the plan.
Summit Daily News - Top Stories By Edward Stoner vail daily 2010
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Leaders hope to also incorporate "medical tourism," in which patients come to Vail for certain specialties such as orthopedics, into the plan.
Summit Daily News - Top Stories By Edward Stoner vail daily 2010
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Leaders hope to also incorporate "medical tourism," in which patients come to Vail for certain specialties such as orthopedics, into the plan.
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