"chiropractic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -æktɪk Etymology: From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|chiro|practic|t1=hand}} chiro- (“hand”) + practic, {{uder|en|grc|χείρ||hand}} Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”), {{m|grc|πρακτικός||concerned with action}} πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} chiropractic (not comparable)
  1. Relating to chiropractics. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-chiropractic-en-adj-PQbPhfeb Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50

Noun

Rhymes: -æktɪk Etymology: From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|chiro|practic|t1=hand}} chiro- (“hand”) + practic, {{uder|en|grc|χείρ||hand}} Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”), {{m|grc|πρακτικός||concerned with action}} πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chiropractic (uncountable)
  1. (alternative medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Alternative medicine Synonyms: chiropractics Related terms: chiropractor, chiropath, chiropraxy Translations (system of health care): 脊骨神經醫學 (Chinese Mandarin), 脊骨神经医学 (jǐgǔ shénjīng yīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 脊骨神經科 (Chinese Mandarin), 脊骨神经科 (jǐgǔ shénjīng kē) (Chinese Mandarin), 脊醫 (Chinese Mandarin), 脊医 (jǐyī) (Chinese Mandarin), kiropraktik [common-gender] (Danish), chiropraxie [feminine] (Dutch), chiropractie [feminine] (Dutch), kiropraktiikka (Finnish), Chiropraktik [feminine] (German), kiropraktikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kiropraktikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chiropraktyka [feminine] (Polish), chiropractică [feminine] (Romanian), quiropráctica [feminine] (Spanish), kiropraktik [common-gender] (Swedish), kiropraktik (Turkish), namapläg (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-chiropractic-en-noun-ao2Q47Et Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with chiro-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chiro-: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 50 Topics: alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences

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