orthopedic

CEFRB2

/ˈɔɹθəpidɪk/

adjective

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The destiny-grade event that happened to Orin Incandenza at this point was that just as he was passing glumly under the Home goalposts and entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit a loud and ominously orthopedic cracking sound, plus then shrieking, issued from somewhere on the field behind him.
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 291
From there, Thera-Paw’s team created a special pair of orthopedic boots for Lucas, made of Neoprene and rubber with extra padding on the bottoms. The black shade looks as close to his natural foot color as possible so as not to stand out too much.
2022 August 30, Lilit Marcus, “Penguin fitted with special orthopedic shoe can waddle in style”, in CNN

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Borrowed from French orthopédique.