orthopedics
noun
Simple meaning
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɔɹθəˈpidɪks
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Definition
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noun
medicine
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints
medicine
The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints
Used this way, orthopedics is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Nearby words
- orthopaedics , used mainly in Regional English
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Sense: branch of medicine that deals with the prevention
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