orthodontics

== English == === Etymology === From ortho- (“correct, straight”) +‎ -odont +‎ -ics. === Pronunciation === enPR: ōrthôdŏntĭks Hyphenation: or‧tho‧don‧tics === Noun === orthodontics (uncountable) (medicine) A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth. ==== Synonyms ==== orthodontia ==== Hypernyms ==== dentistry (hypernymous from most cognitive viewpoints albeit sometimes framed as coordinate when the notion of general dentistry is implied) ==== Coordinate terms ==== prosthodontics ==== Translations ====