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‖ diorthosis|daɪɔːˈθəʊsɪs| [mod.L., a. Gr. διόρθωσις, n. of action f. διορθό-ειν to make straight, f. δι-, δια- through, thoroughly + ὀρθός straight, right.] The act of setting straight or in order: a. in Surg., the straightening of crooked or fractured limbs. b. The recension or revision of a literary work.
1704in J. Harris Lex. Techn. (J.). 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Diorthosis, in Surgery, an Operation, whereby crooked or distorted Members are made even, and restor'd to their Original and Regular Shape. 1873Brit. Q. Rev. LVII. 297 The diorthosis (i.e. the setting free from figure and parable, the fulfilment) of the Old Testament in the New. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. viii. 500 Christ was the diorthosis of the temple. |