- a variation of orthopedics.
orthopaedics
Britishnoun
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the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
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another name for orthodontics
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“Truly, we are not just an assistant to a physician any longer,” said Jim Earel, a physician associate and 18-year veteran of an orthopaedics group in Bettendorf, Iowa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The company separately said it plans to spin off its orthopaedics business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Johnson & Johnson’s orthopaedics business accounted for 9.5% of the company’s total sales in the third quarter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
Along with orthopaedics, ophthalmology now makes up the biggest proportion of the two-year hospital waiting list in Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
He had planned a cozy evening in his own room, with a new treatise on orthopaedics that had just come; but no one would have thought that he took delight in anything except Society meetings.
From Geoffrey Strong by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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