orthopaedy

orthopaedy
orthopaedics or (N American) orthopēdics /-pēˈdiks/, also orˈthopaedy or orˈthopēdy, formerly orthopedīˈa (or /-pēdˈ/) singular noun
(Gr pais, paidos a child) the art or process of curing deformities arising from (orig childhood) disease or injury of bones
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