chiropractor

[kahy-ruh-prak-ter] Example Sentences Origin

chi·ro·prac·tor

[kahy-ruh-prak-ter]
noun
one whose occupation is the practice of chiropractic.

Origin:
1900–05; chiropract(ic) + -or2, as if a L noun with -tor

chiropodist, chiropractor.
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Chiropractor is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • The writer is a pediatric chiropractor who works with autistic children.
  • When you get seriously ill go to a chiropractor or a naturopathic witch doctor and ask for a solution.
  • Because my chiropractor said it was good for my back.
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chiropractic (ˌkaɪrəˈpræktɪk)
 
n
a system of treating bodily disorders by manipulation of the spine and other parts, based on the belief that the cause is the abnormal functioning of a nerve
 
[C20: from chiro- + -practic, from Greek praktikos effective, practical]
 
'chiropractor
 
n

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chiropractor
1904, from chiropractic (q.v.).
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