Orthopedist

Orthopedist
An orthopaedic surgeon, orthopaedics being the branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of surgery is listed under Physicians & Surgeons in the telephone Yellow Pages in Jacksonville, Florida. This spelling is quite common today. But it is incorrect, erroneous, flat out wrong. Orthopedics would relate the term to the foot because in Latin pedis means foot. Orthopaedics is not merely old-fashioned. It is the correct spelling. What was meant by the term orthopaedics when it was devised goes back to its roots: ortho-, straight + the Greek paes, child = the practice, literally, of straightening the child. If the child had a crooked spine (scoliosis), it was the job of the orthopaedist to straighten the child, not just the child's foot. That is why there is no American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery but there is an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. And that is also why orthopaedists look after broken bones.

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or·tho·pe·dist or chiefly Brit or·tho·pae·dist -'pēd-əst n a specialist in orthopedics

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or·tho·pe·dist (or″tho-peґdist) an orthopedic surgeon.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Orthopedist — Or*thop e*dist, n. (Med.) One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • orthopedist — 1853, from orthopedy (1840), from Fr. orthopédie (18c.); see ORTHOPEDIC (Cf. orthopedic) …   Etymology dictionary

  • orthopedist — noun see orthopedics …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • orthopedist — See orthopedic. * * * …   Universalium

  • orthopedist — noun An orthopedic surgeon …   Wiktionary

  • orthopedist — Synonyms and related words: anesthesiologist, cardiologist, chiropodist, dermatologist, eye doctor, eye ear nose throat specialist, geriatrician, gerontologist, gynecologist, immunologist, internist, neurologist, obstetrician, oculist,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • orthopedist — or|tho|pe|dist also orthopaedist BrE [ˌo:θəˈpi:dıst US ˌo:r ] n a doctor with special training in orthopedics …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • orthopedist — or|tho|pe|dist [ ,ɔrθə pidıst ] noun count a doctor whose job is to treat injuries or diseases affecting people s bones, muscles, JOINTS, and LIGAMENTS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • orthopedist — n. doctor of orthopedics (branch of surgery dealing with deformities, diseases and injuries of the bones and joints),or·tho pe·dist || ‚ɔrθə pɪːdɪst /‚ɔː …   English contemporary dictionary

  • orthopedist — noun (C) a doctor with special training in orthopedics …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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