ˌorthoˈpædist, -pedist
[f. next: see -ist: cf. mod.F. orthopédiste.]
One who cures deformities; an orthopædic surgeon.
| 1853 Dunglison Med. Lex., Orthopedist,..one who practises orthopædia. 1869 tr. Hugo's By the King's Command I. ii. 20 Let an orthopedist be imagined in the inverse sense. |