orthesis
/ɔːˈθiːsɪs/Medicine
noun
An external appliance serving to support a part of the body.
Origin
1950s. From ortho- + -esis: see quot. 1956. Compare earlier orthosis.
- practice range
- practice tee
- practice wicket
- practician
- practicism
- practico-inert
- practicum
- practisable
- practise
- practised
- practiser
- practise what one preaches
- practitional
- practitioner
- practolol
- prad
- pradakshina
- pradaksina
- Prader–Willi syndrome
- pradhan
- Prado
- prae-
- praeauricular
- praecipe
- praecipe in capite