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orthotics definition

or·thot·ics (ôr t̸hät′iks)

noun

the science of developing and fitting surgical devices designed to activate or supplement a weakened or atrophied limb or function

Etymology: orth(o)- + -otic + s

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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