orthopod

[医] 矫形外科医师

发音

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词形变化

orthopods 复数 orthopods

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An orthopaedic surgeon.

    幽默 非正式 医学

词源

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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