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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Orthopedic Equipment > Orthotic Devices

Preferred term

Orthotic Devices  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Orthose
  • Orthoses
  • Orthosis

Note

  • includes slings, BRACES, etc.

Scope note

  • Apparatus used to support, align, or augment the functioning of parts of the body.

History note

  • 74(72)

In other languages

  • ortoosit

    Finnish

  • orthosis
  • ortoosi
  • ortoottinen tuki
  • ortoottiset tuet
  • Ortoser

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009989

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