orthopedist

[Eng. orthoped(y); -ist.] One who is skilled in orthopædia, or the treatment of deformities in the human body. or-tho-pe-dy, or-tho-pæ-dy, s. [ORTHOPEDIA.] or-thoph-ô-nỹ, s. [Pref. ortho-, and Gr. phōnē =sound. The art of speaking correctly; correct or proper articulation. or-tho-plō-çe-æ, s . pl . [Pref. ortho- , and plokē =a twining, a plaiting; Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. eœ .] Bot.: A tribe of Umbellifere having the radicle in the hollow channel of the folded cotyledons thus O>>. Families: Bra i cide, Vellide, Psy chide, Zillide, Raphanide, and Fortuynide. or-thop-ne-a, orthop-ny, s. [ Gr.orthopnoia , from orthos = straight, upright, and pneo = to breathe.] 1. A disease in which respiration can be performed only in an upright posture. "His disease was an asthma oft turning to an orthop nœa; the cause a translation of tartarous humors from his joints to his lungs."-Harvey: On Consumption. 2. Any difficulty of breathing. orthotropal Mantide; (4) Phasmide; (5) Gryllide; (6) Locust ide; (7) Acridiide. By some authors the Blattide are made a group, Cursor i a; the Mantide and Phasmide forming the Gre oria, and the last three families the Salt at or i a. By others the Mantide and Phasmide are placed in the Cursor i a, but nearly all agree in adopting West wood's cla ification for the Forficulide. 2. Palæont .: The order came into existence in the Coal-measures. orthoptera genuina, s . pl . [ORTHOPTERA.] or-thop-ter-ous, a . [Mod. Lat. orthopter (a); Eng. adj. suff. -ous .] Of or pertaining to the order Orthoptera; having wings that fold like a fan. or-tho-rhom-bic, a. [Pref. ortho- , and English rhombic (q. v.).] 1. Ord . Lang.: Rectangular and rhombic. 2. Crystal log.: Having three unequal axes intersecting at right angles. Called also trimetric (q.v.).