orthodontics

English

Etymology

From orth- +‎ -odont +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ōrthôdôntīks
• Hyphenation: or‧tho‧don‧tics

Noun

orthodontics (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.

Synonyms

• orthodontia

Translations

correcting misalignment of teeth

• Azerbaijani: ortodontiya
• Catalan: ortodòncia f, ortodontologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒顎矯正學／齿颚矫正学 (zh), 齿颚矫正学 (zh)

• Czech: ortodoncie f
• Dutch: orthodontie (nl) f
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• Finnish: oikomishoito (fi), hampaiden oionta
• French: orthodontie (fr)
• German: Kieferorthopädie f
• Greek: ορθοδοντική (el) f (orthodontikí)
• Hungarian: fogszabályozás (hu)
• Spanish: ortodoncia (es) f