Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the reduction of a fracture or dislocation, or the restoration of crooked or distorted limbs to their proper shape.
- noun A recension or critical edition of a literary work.
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- noun obsolete the act of
setting afracture ordislocation .
Etymologies
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From Greek διορθώσις (rectification), from διορθόω (to set right) from ορθός (straight).
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A critical revision of a text; any correction or adjustment. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008