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ORTHOPEDIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orthopedist mean?
• ORTHOPEDIST (noun)
The noun ORTHOPEDIST has 1 sense:
1. a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
Familiarity information: ORTHOPEDIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
orthopaedist; orthopedist
Hypernyms ("orthopedist" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Derivation:
orthopedics (the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints)
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