orthopedic
adjective
or·tho·pe·dic
ˌȯr-thə-ˈpē-dik 
variants
or less commonly orthopaedic
1
: of, relating to, or employed in orthopedics
an orthopedic surgeon
orthopedic shoes
2
: marked by or affected with a skeletal deformity, disorder, or injury
an orthopedic condition
people with orthopedic problems
Examples of orthopedic in a Sentence
She was wearing orthopedic shoes.
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Her original goal, in fact, was to become a doctor–more specifically, an orthopedic surgeon.
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Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Tony Christiano is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitative medicine at the University of Chicago.
—Tony Christiano, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
In early 2020, Grissom worked on the marketing team for BarkBox and her husband, Sean Wilson, was an orthopedic surgeon in hospitals across New York City.
—Celia Fernandez,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Newsweek spoke to pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. Claire Shannon of the Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute at St. Mary's Medical Center, who said that women's hips are typically wider and shaped differently than men's due to structural differences in the pelvis.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Tony Christiano is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and rehabilitative medicine at the University of Chicago.
—Tony Christiano, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
In early 2020, Grissom worked on the marketing team for BarkBox and her husband, Sean Wilson, was an orthopedic surgeon in hospitals across New York City.
—Celia Fernandez,valentina Duarte, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Newsweek spoke to pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. Claire Shannon of the Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute at St. Mary's Medical Center, who said that women's hips are typically wider and shaped differently than men's due to structural differences in the pelvis.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Orthopedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orthopedic. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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orthopedic
adjective
or·tho·pe·dic
ˌȯr-thə-ˈpēd-ik
1
: of, relating to, or used in orthopedics
2
: marked by or affected with skeletal deformity, disorder, or injury
Medical Definition
orthopedic
adjective
or·tho·pe·dic
variants
or chiefly British orthopaedic
1
: of, relating to, or employed in orthopedics
orthopedic surgery
orthopedic casts
2
: marked by or affected with a deformity, disorder, or injury of the skeleton and associated structures
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