"orthodontics" meaning in English

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Noun

enPR: ōrthôdŏntĭks Etymology: From ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ortho-|-odont|-ics|t1=correct, straight}} ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} orthodontics (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth. Wikipedia link: orthodontics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Dentistry, Medicine Synonyms: orthodontia Hypernyms: dentistry (english: hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied) Coordinate_terms: prosthodontics Translations (correcting misalignment of teeth): օրթոդոնտիա (ōrtʻodontia) (Armenian), ortodontiya (Azerbaijani), ortodòncia [feminine] (Catalan), ortodontologia [feminine] (Catalan), 牙齒矯正 (Chinese Mandarin), 牙齿矫正 (yáchǐ jiǎozhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 正畸 (zhèngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 齒顎矯正學 (note: as a field of study) (Chinese Mandarin), 齿颚矫正学 (chǐ'è jiǎozhèng xué) (Chinese Mandarin), ortodoncie [feminine] (Czech), orthodontie [feminine] (Dutch), oikomishoito (Finnish), hampaiden oionta (Finnish), orthodontie (French), Kieferorthopädie [feminine] (German), ορθοδοντική (orthodontikí) [feminine] (Greek), fogszabályozás (Hungarian), ortodonzia [feminine] (Italian), ortodontia [feminine] (Portuguese), ortodoncia [feminine] (Spanish), ortodonti [common-gender] (Swedish), tandreglering [common-gender] (Swedish), chỉnh nha (Vietnamese), chỉnh hình răng (Vietnamese), chỉnh răng (Vietnamese)

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