HyperDic: orthopedist

English > 1 sense of the word *orthopedist*:
NOUN	person	orthopedist, orthopaedist	a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)

orthopedist > pronunciation
Sounds	ao.rthahpiy'dahst
Rhymes	abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...

English > *orthopedist*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children).
Synonym	orthopaedist
Broader	specialist, medical specialist	practices one branch of medicine
Spanish	ortopédico, ortopedista
Catalan	ortopèdic, ortopedista
Nouns	orthopedics	the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints