orthodontics
Syllables: or·tho·don·tics
orthodontics noun: a specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
Noun
orthodontics (uncountable)
- A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
- Synonyms:
- orthodontia
orthodontics meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese
orthodontics in Tamil
- பல் அமைவு இயல், பல்நல இயல், பற்கள் சீரமைப்பு இயல்
orthodontics in Indonesian
- correcting misalignment of teeth
- ortodonsia
orthodontics in Vietnamese
- correcting misalignment of teeth
- chỉnh nha, chỉnh hình răng, chỉnh răng
Synonyms of orthodontics
Origin of orthodontics
From orthodontic + -s, equivalent to ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.
Questions about orthodontics
- What does orthodontics mean?
- Orthodontics means a specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
- What is orthodontics in Tamil?
- Orthodontics in Tamil is பல் அமைவு இயல், பல்நல இயல், பற்கள் சீரமைப்பு இயல். See Orthodontics meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is orthodontics?
- Orthodontics is a noun.
Words near orthodontics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthodontics (page history and authors); orthodontics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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