orthodontics
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ōrthôdŏntĭks
- Hyphenation: or‧tho‧don‧tics
Noun[edit]
orthodontics (uncountable)
- (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- dentistry (hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
correcting misalignment of teeth
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