orthopod
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of orthopod
1955–60; by shortening and alteration; -pod
Example Sentences
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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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