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orthopod slang.|ˈɔːθəʊpɒd| [Alteration of orthopaedic a.] An orthopædic surgeon.
1960‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in Clover ix. 76 We were interrupted by the surgeon himself, a big, red-faced, jolly Irishman. Most orthopods are, when you come to think of it. 1966I. Jefferies House-Surgeon vii. 131 We had two male beds and one female, and the orthopods had two spare beds. 1969D. Francis Enquiry xii. 164, I telephoned to the orthopod who regularly patched me up after falls. 1978New Yorker 13 Mar. 82 The problem now was to persuade the orthopod to go in and remove the screws. |