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orthopaedic

orthopaedic is the alternative spelling of orthopedic.

Meaning of orthopedic

Adjective

orthopedic (comparative more orthopedic, superlative most orthopedic)

  1. Of or relating to orthopedics.
    • The destiny-grade event that happened to Orin Incandenza at this point was that just as he was passing glumly under the Home goalposts and entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit a loud and ominously orthopedic cracking sound, plus then shrieking, issued from somewhere on the field...1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 291

Words formed from orthopaedic

Phrases with orthopaedic

Questions about orthopaedic

What is orthopaedic the alternative spelling of?
Orthopaedic is the alternative spelling of orthopedic.

Words near orthopaedic in the dictionary

  1. orthonychids
  2. orthonym
  3. orthonymous
  4. orthonyms
  5. orthopaedia
  6. orthopaedic
  7. orthopaedic bed
  8. orthopaedic beds
  9. orthopaedical
  10. orthopaedically
  11. orthopaedics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthopaedic (page history and authors); orthopedic (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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