Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthodontically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thodon-ti-cal-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By orthodontic means.

Example Sentences

"Patients were orthodontically treated during initial leveling and alignment for six months, following the same sequence of round archwires: 0.013, 0.014 and 0.016-in nickel-titanium archwires, according to the manufacturers's (Aditek) prescription (Damon system)."

Etymology

From orthodontic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: orthodontic

Questions

What does orthodontically mean?: By orthodontic means.
Where does orthodontically come from?: From orthodontic + -ally.

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