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单词 orthopaedy
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orthopaedyorthopedyn.

Brit. /ˌɔːθəˈpiːdi/, U.S. /ˌɔrθəˈpidi/
Forms: 1800s– orthopaedy, 1800s– orthopedy.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French orthopédie.
Etymology: < French orthopédie (1741) < ortho- ortho- comb. form + ancient Greek παιδεία paideia n. Compare Italian ortopedia (1803).
Surgery. Now rare.
= orthopaedics n.
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orthopaedy1840
orthopaedics1853
orthopraxy1865
1840 Prospectus, Royal Orthopædic Hosp. Orthopædy,..the art of remedying deformities of children. The term is extended to the art of curing distortions in general.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 302 There cobblers lecture on orthopedy..because they cannot sell their shoes.
1866 W. Adams Club Foot i. 13 The term orthopædy appears to have been first used by M. Andry.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 702 (heading) On the Organization of a Center of Orthopedy for the Severely Wounded.
1940 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Inst. 4 50 It fully describes the questions of preparation and organization of the sanitary-medical service, chemical defense, sanitary-prophylactic security, sanitary tactics, general surgery, orthopedy, etc.
1976 Proc. Royal Soc. 1975–6 B. 192 132 The virtual disappearance, first of bone and joint tuberculosis and then of poliomyelitis, has led to a marked reduction in the demand for straightening children (orthopaedy ≡ ὀρθός + παιδίον).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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