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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