Usually means: Relating to right angles; correct.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. ortho, ortho-: Merriam-Webster
  2. ortho-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ortho, ortho-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ortho-, ortho-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Ortho, ortho, ortho-: Wordnik
  6. ortho, ortho-: Wiktionary
  7. ortho-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ortho-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ortho: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ORTHO, Ortho-, ortho-: Dictionary.com
  11. ortho-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Ortho-, Ortho- (chemistry), Ortho: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ortho-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ortho-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Ortho-: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ortho, ortho-: MyWord.info
  17. ortho-: FreeDictionary.org
  18. ortho, ortho, ortho-: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ortho-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ortho: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Ortho- (prefix): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ORTHO: UK Medical Acronyms
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  6. ortho, ortho-: Medical dictionary
  7. Ortho- (prefix): Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ORTHO-, ORTHO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ortho: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ortho)

noun:  (countable, chemistry) An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring.
noun:  (countable, astronomy) A certain type of flat eyepiece.
noun:  (countable, photography, dated) An orthochromatic plate.
noun:  (countable, linguistics) Clipping of orthography. [(linguistics)]
noun:  (countable, photography) Clipping of orthophoto. [An aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected (orthorectified) such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be considered equivalent to a map.]
noun:  (uncountable, medicine) Clipping of orthopedics. [(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints]

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