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orthodontics
A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities.
🌱A specialty in orthodontics would require three more years of study after completing her dentistry degree. 🌳Orthodontics has been practiced since ancient times, but the elaborate techniques familiar to us today were introduced only in recent decades. Braces, retainers, and headgear are used to fix such conditions as crowding of the teeth and overbites. According to a 1939 text, "Speech defects, psychiatric disturbances, personality changes, . . . all are correctable through orthodontic measures," though many adolescents, having endured the embarrassment of rubber bands breaking and even of entangling their braces while kissing, might disagree. orthodox 1、 Holding established beliefs, especially in religion.
2、 Conforming to established rules or traditions; conventional.
🌱The O'Briens remain orthodox Catholics, faithfully observing the time-honored rituals of their church. 🌳An orthodox religious belief or interpretation is one handed down by a church's founders or leaders. When capitalized, as in Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox refers to a branch within a larger religious organization that claims to honor the religion's original or traditional beliefs. The steadfast holding of established beliefs that is seen in religious orthodoxy is apparent also in other kinds of orthodox behavior. Orthodox medical treatment, for example, follows the established practices of mainstream medicine. Unorthodox thinking is known in business language as "thinking outside the box." orthopedics The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton.
🌱For surgery to correct the child's spinal curvature, they were referred to the hospital's orthopedics section. 🌳Just as an orthodontist corrects crookedness in the teeth, an orthopedist corrects crookedness in the skeleton. Orthopedics is formed in part from the Greek word for "child," and many orthopedic patients are in fact children. But adults also often have need of orthopedic therapy, as when suffering from a joint disease like arthritis or when recovering from a broken arm or leg. orthography The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage.
🌱Even such eloquent writers as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were deficient in the skill of orthography. 🌳Even as recently as the 19th century, the orthography of the English language was still unsettled. Not until spelling books like Noah Webster's and textbooks like "McGuffey's Readers" came along did uniform spelling become established in the U.S. Before that, there was much orthographic variation, even among the more educated. The many people who still have problems with spelling can take heart from Mark Twain, who once remarked, "I don't give a damn for a man that can spell a word only one way."
🌱A specialty in orthodontics would require three more years of study after completing her dentistry degree. 🌳Orthodontics has been practiced since ancient times, but the elaborate techniques familiar to us today were introduced only in recent decades. Braces, retainers, and headgear are used to fix such conditions as crowding of the teeth and overbites. According to a 1939 text, "Speech defects, psychiatric disturbances, personality changes, . . . all are correctable through orthodontic measures," though many adolescents, having endured the embarrassment of rubber bands breaking and even of entangling their braces while kissing, might disagree. orthodox 1、 Holding established beliefs, especially in religion.
2、 Conforming to established rules or traditions; conventional.
🌱The O'Briens remain orthodox Catholics, faithfully observing the time-honored rituals of their church. 🌳An orthodox religious belief or interpretation is one handed down by a church's founders or leaders. When capitalized, as in Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox refers to a branch within a larger religious organization that claims to honor the religion's original or traditional beliefs. The steadfast holding of established beliefs that is seen in religious orthodoxy is apparent also in other kinds of orthodox behavior. Orthodox medical treatment, for example, follows the established practices of mainstream medicine. Unorthodox thinking is known in business language as "thinking outside the box." orthopedics The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton.
🌱For surgery to correct the child's spinal curvature, they were referred to the hospital's orthopedics section. 🌳Just as an orthodontist corrects crookedness in the teeth, an orthopedist corrects crookedness in the skeleton. Orthopedics is formed in part from the Greek word for "child," and many orthopedic patients are in fact children. But adults also often have need of orthopedic therapy, as when suffering from a joint disease like arthritis or when recovering from a broken arm or leg. orthography The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage.
🌱Even such eloquent writers as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were deficient in the skill of orthography. 🌳Even as recently as the 19th century, the orthography of the English language was still unsettled. Not until spelling books like Noah Webster's and textbooks like "McGuffey's Readers" came along did uniform spelling become established in the U.S. Before that, there was much orthographic variation, even among the more educated. The many people who still have problems with spelling can take heart from Mark Twain, who once remarked, "I don't give a damn for a man that can spell a word only one way."
ORTHO comes from orthos, the Greek word for "straight," "right," or "true." Orthotics is a branch of therapy that straightens out your stance or posture by providing artificial support for weak joints or muscles. And orthograde animals, such as human beings, walk with their bodies in a "straight" or vertical position.🌸