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What would the opposite of "orthopedic" be?

English Language & Usage Asked by lil'lex on July 27, 2021

So, I’m wondering, what could the opposite of "orthopedic" be? More precisely, if a force is "orthopedic" in nature (so it would give a correct posture), what would a force that causes bad posture/bad bones position be called?

The closest I could come up with would be "skoliopedic", but that sounds like something that would be specifically about the spine/a twisted change.

I’m looking for something more general, which would mean "crooked bones" or something among those lines. "Kurtopedic" (from kurtosis) could also be an option, but again it seems to address more a twisted/curved shape than a generic badly-shaped/badly-positioned one.

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There's a hypernym that is not too global/general, deformative.

deform 1 [verb (used with object)]

to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure (...)

[Dictionary.com]

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deformative [adjective]: tending to deform

[Merriam-Webster]

Answered by Edwin Ashworth on July 27, 2021

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