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nounAn orthopaedic surgeon.
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Both orthopod and orthoped are of jocular origin in the informal jargon of medicine; the first is a play on -pod (as in gastropod) and the second is a play on -pede (as in centipede). Each trades on the humorous portrayal of colleagues in other specialties (as opposed to one's own specialty) as strange critters (as if odd ducks).
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orthopod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthopod
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“orthopod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthopod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orthopod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthopod.
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