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what is the root word for orthopedic
Emie Howe
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∙ 13y agoOrtho means "straight" and pedics means "related to children". In the old days when rickets was rampant the crooked and bent children used to be straightened by traction and the branch of medicine was called orthopedics
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∙ 8y agowhat is the root word for orthopedic
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Orthopedics comes from two Greek words, ortho, meaning straight, and pais, meaning child.
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Orthopedics comes from two Greek words, ortho, meaning straight, and pais, meaning child.
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