orthopædia (or thopedia)

[NL., Gr. ὀρθός, straight, + παῖς (παιδ-), a child.] The act of curing or remedying deformities in the bodies of children, or generally in the human body at any age. orthopedic, orthopedic (ôr-tho-pedik or -ped'ik), a. [ of distortions. orthopedical, orthopedical (ôr-tho-ped i-kal or -ped'i-kal), a. [ -ped-i-kal), as orthopædic. orthopedics, orthopedics (ôr-tho-pēʼdiks), n. [Pl. of orthopædic: see -ics.] Orthopedic sur gery; orthopædia. orthopædist, orthopedist (or'thō-pe-dist), n. [