orthopedic

‘of or having to do with the correction of deformities of bones and joints, especially in children’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. orthopaedic < F. orthopédique, orthopédie < Gk. orthos ‘straight, true, correct, regular’ + paideia ‘rearing of children’ < awthuh < eredh- < Tamil uṟu