Ortho- is a Greek prefix meaning “straight”, “upright”, “right” or “correct”.
Ortho may refer to:
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Ortho, Belgium, a village in the Belgian province of Luxembourg
Science
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List of commonly used taxonomic affixes (ortho-)
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Arene substitution patterns, two substituents that occupy adjacent positions on an aromatic ring
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Chlordane, an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide
Mathematics
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Orthogonal, a synonym for perpendicular
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Orthonormal, the property that a collection of vectors are mutually perpendicular and each of unit magnitude
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Orthodrome, a synonym for great circle, a geodesic on the sphere
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Orthographic projection, a parallel projection onto a perpendicular plane
Medicine
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Orthomyxovirus, a family of viruses to which influenza belongs
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Orthodontics, a specialty of dentistry concerned with the study and treatment of malocclusions
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Orthopedic, the study of the musculoskeletal system
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Ortho-DOT, a psychedelic drug
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Ortho-cept and Ortho Tri-cyclen, kinds of oral contraceptive drug
Theology
Business
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Ortho Pharmaceutical, which merged into Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical before being bought by Johnson & Johnson
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Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Quidel Corporation
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Ortho, a lawn care and pesticide company owned by the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
See also