orthopedics

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The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments.

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The art or practice of correcting disorders or deformities of the spine and joints, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

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The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints

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the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints