Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - orthopaedics

n.pl. (treated as sing.) (US -pedics) the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles, orig. in children. Derivatives orthopaedic adj. orthopaedist n. Etymology: F orthop{eacute}die (as ORTHO-, p{eacute}die f. Gk paideia rearing of children)