Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - chiropractic
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Chiropractic
chiropractic
noun Etymology: chir- + Greek praktikos practical, operative — more at practical Date: 1898 a system of therapy which holds that disease results from a lack of normal nerve function and which employs manipulation and specific adjustment of body structures (as the spinal column) • ~ adjective • chiropractor noun
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n. the diagnosis and manipulative treatment of mechanical disorders of the joints, esp. of the spinal column. Derivatives chiropractor n. Etymology: CHIRO- + Gk praktikos: see PRACTICAL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n a way of treating illness by pressing on and moving the bones in someone's spine (1) - chiropractor n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- coined in Amer.Eng. 1898 from Gk. cheir (gen. cheiros) "hand" + praktikos "practical." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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