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orthopaedics

/ ˌɔːθəʊˈ辱ːɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
  2. dental orthopaedics
    another name for orthodontics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰٳˈ貹徱, noun
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The trust also includes Chase Farm hospital, which focusses on planned surgery - such as orthopaedics and ear, nose and throat.

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Along with orthopaedics, ophthalmology now makes up the biggest proportion of the two-year hospital waiting list in Wales.

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People wait 22 weeks for treatment in Wales on average - and it rises to 32 weeks for orthopaedics.

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The training fellow in orthopaedics, who qualified from the University of Baroda in India, was found and arrested in Bournemouth last September, charged and remanded, South Yorkshire Police said.

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In May, the average waiting time was just over 19 weeks for an operation, a week less than the previous month, with about a third of those in trauma and orthopaedics.

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