Chiropractic

//ˌkaɪɹəˈpɹæktɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction. uncountable
  2. 2
    a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to chiropractics. not-comparable

Synonyms

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allopathicallopathyayurvedachiropodicchiropracticschiropractics

Example

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"Chiropractic is a massage technique to put the vertebrae back in the right position, but it is not part of medicine itself."

Etymology

From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).

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spinal column

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