2. Noun. An orthopedic appliance designed to support, straighten or improve the functioning of a body part; an orthosis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orthotic
1. a brace for weak joints or muscles [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthotic
Literary usage of Orthotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind : Task by National Academies, Conference, Keck Futures Initiative (2007)
"With few exceptions, currently marketed orthotic devices are passive and designed
to overcome the weakness and instability produced by the pathology as well ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra, Luther Emmett Holt (1912)
"As to the consistency of the urine, this may be identical in genuine orthotic
albuminuria and in the artificially produced lordotic form, ..."
3. American Medicine (1908)
"In conclusion: In regard to orthotic al- ... orthotic albuminuria is of apparently
obscure ... .orthotic ..."
4. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"It also supported the Baghdad Prosthetic/orthotic School.15 In 2001, the ICRC
manufactured 1168 prostheses for mine survivors.16 In addition, four training ..."
5. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"An external limb orthotic component is a device intended for medical purposes for
... Examples of external limb orthotic components include the following: A ..."
6. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"orthotic albuminuria gives very frequently a positive cutaneous reaction, so that
one is inclined to bring this disease into connection with tuberculosis, ..."
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