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ortheses

ortheses is the plural of orthesis.

Meaning of orthesis

Noun

orthesis (plural ortheses)

  1. An orthopedic prosthesis
    • While the phthalate concentrations are low and the amounts ingested probably even lower than acceptable limits, (Corea-Tellez et al. 2008), biomedical devices made of PVC elastomers such as mouth protectors, oral ortheses worn by patients with algo dysfunction of the manducator apparatus, oral...2013, Dominique Chauvel-Lebret, Pascal Auroy, Martine Bonnaure-Mallet, “Biocompatibility of Elastomers”, in Severian Dumitriu, Valentin Popa, editors, Polymeric Biomaterials: Structure and Function...

Questions about ortheses

What is ortheses the plural of?
Ortheses is the plural of orthesis.

Words near ortheses in the dictionary

  1. orthel
  2. orthels
  3. orthenine
  4. orthent
  5. orthents
  6. ortheses
  7. orthesis
  8. Orthez
  9. ortheziid
  10. ortheziids
  11. orthian

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