Definitions

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  • noun a therapist who practics chiropractic.

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  • noun A health care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic, the hands on or hand-held instrumental movement of the bone structure of the body to improve the function of the joints and/or nervous system.

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  • noun a therapist who practices chiropractic

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheir, "hand") + πρᾶξις (praksis, "action, activity, practice")

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Examples

  • The title chiropractor and its legal underpinnings should become dead letters: if no treatment can be based on the idea of subluxations there can be no chiropractors.

    Simon's Choice Jack of Kent 2009

  • As for "manipulative finesse," I find it enjoyable only when the chiropractor is putting my back into place.

    Pop Culture 2009

  • As for "manipulative finesse," I find it enjoyable only when the chiropractor is putting my back into place.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • As for "manipulative finesse," I find it enjoyable only when the chiropractor is putting my back into place.

    Fiction 2009

  • Oh, my regular chiropractor is on vacation so there's someone standing in for him (his chiropractor, actually), and he was talking with me about my trip up north and drawing the map on my back, haha.

    "Oh, not this one again!" tragic_elegance 2008

  • I called a chiropractor in Gallup who had treated one of the other sick children.

    Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

  • So I call a chiropractor and get an appointment to come in and have the guy pound on my back until I feel better.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • An excellent chiropractor is located in Guadalajara ....

    Good doctor or chiropractor for back in Chapala 1919

  • "When he starts to get sticky moving to the left I call the chiropractor and physical therapist and they do therapy, and within a day or two he's loose and limber and ready to go."

    UK News - Main News 2010

  • Out of desperation, I called my chiropractor and asked if he could adjust Jesse, since he has helped me so much over the years.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Susan Trost 2009

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