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or•thot•ic
(ôr thot′ik),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- MedicineAlso, orthosis. a device or support, esp. for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
adj.
- Medicineof or pertaining to orthotics.
- 1960–65; adjective, adjectival derivative of orthosis (on the model of psychosis: plychotic, etc.); see -tic
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