diorthotic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διορθωτικός (diorthōtikós, “corrective”), from ὀρθόω (orthóō, “set straight”).

Adjective

diorthotic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Related terms

• diorthosis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diorthotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)