orthopod

[awr-thuh-pod]

noun

Slang.

1. an orthopedist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orthopod¹

1955–60; by shortening and alteration; -pod

Example Sentences

There’re little titanium plates and screws just like an orthopod puts metal into your leg, or pins or screws, we use little titanium plates that span the bone that we took off to the native bone, and then you use little screws to screw it back together.

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