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  • noun UK Alternative spelling of orthopedics.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints

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Examples

  • From 1920 until 1921 he did part-time teaching in orthopaedics at the University of Western Ontario at London, Canada, besides his general practice, and from 1921 until 1922 he was Lecturer in Pharmacology at the

    Frederick G. Banting - Biography 1965

  • Those working in specialties where large numbers of patients require operations such as orthopaedics and ENT are more likely to do overtime than those working in specialties such as geriatrics.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Regency, which is just an hour's drive from Singapore and has 218 beds, offers a wide spectrum of speciality care such as orthopaedics, general surgery, internal medicine, cardiology and obstetrics, and gynaecology.

    nst online 2010

  • Regency, which is just an hour's drive from Singapore and has 218 beds, offers a wide spectrum of speciality care such as orthopaedics, general surgery, internal medicine, cardiology and obstetrics, and gynaecology.

    nst online 2010

  • "It's definitely a major step forward," said Dr. Thomas A. Einhorn, chairman of orthopaedic surgery and a professor of orthopaedics, biochemistry and biomedical engineering at Boston University and a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

    Need a new hip? Someday you may grow your own 2011

  • She had found, back in the orthopaedics department, loads of doctors milling around, remarking how quiet it all was for a Monday morning.

    Waiting in A&E: does it have to be so agonisingly disorganised? 2011

  • Area of expertise: Disorders of the hips and spine, congenital disorders including clubfoot, DDH, cerebral palsy, general pediatric orthopaedics, fractures, trauma

    Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellowship 2010

  • It also has devolved responsibility for elements of the PCT's budget, including prescribing, orthopaedics and A&E.

    Letters: Communication breakdown over health service reforms 2011

  • Area of expertise: Scoliosis, disorders of the pediatric spine, general pediatrics orthopaedics, fractures

    Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellowship 2010

  • Our clinic coordinates your child's care with ophthalmology, neurology and orthopaedics.

    Neurofibromatosis 2010

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