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n. the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
Word Usage
"From 1920 until 1921 he did part-time teaching in orthopaedics at the University of Western Ontario at London, Canada, besides his general practice, and from 1921 until 1922 he was Lecturer in Pharmacology at the"