orthodontics

English

Etymology

From ortho- (“correct, straight”) +‎ -odont +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

orthodontics (uncountable)

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

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Hypernyms

  • dentistry (hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied)

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