Usually means: Correction or adjustment of deformities.
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  1. diorthosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. diorthosis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. diorthosis: Wordnik
  4. diorthosis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  5. diorthosis: Wiktionary
  6. diorthosis: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diorthosis)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) The act of setting a fracture or dislocation.
▸ noun:  A critical revision of a text.

Similar:
dress, dooring, disportment, diathesis, diathermance, discourse, Doricism, Dorism, diastem, distalizer, more...

Opposite:
corruption, distortion, misalignment

Types:
myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, more...

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Similar:
dress, dooring, disportment, diathesis, diathermance, discourse, Doricism, Dorism, diastem, distalizer, more...

Opposite:
corruption, distortion, misalignment

Types:
myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, more...



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