chiropractic
/ˌkaɪɹəˈpɹæktɪk/
chiropractic noun: a system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
Noun
chiropractic (uncountable)
- A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
- Synonyms:
- chiropractics
Adjective
chiropractic (not comparable)
- Relating to chiropractics.
chiropractic meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Indonesian and Persian
chiropractic in Tamil
- கரப்பொருத்து
chiropractic in Bengali
- কাইরোপ্র্যাকটিক সংক্রান্ত
chiropractic in Indonesian
- system of health care
- kiropraktik
chiropractic in Persian
- system of health care
- کایروپراکتیک kâyropraktik
Synonyms of chiropractic
Origin of chiropractic
From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).
Words formed from chiropractic
Words that rhyme with chiropractic
- galactic
- didactic
- prophylactic
- tactic
- lactic
- nongalactic
- phonotactic
- syntactic
- backtick
- factic
- graphotactic
- nonprophylactic
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Questions about chiropractic
- What does chiropractic mean?
- Chiropractic means a system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
- What is chiropractic in Tamil?
- Chiropractic in Tamil is கரப்பொருத்து. See Chiropractic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chiropractic?
- Chiropractic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chiropractic?
- Chiropractic is pronounced /ˌkaɪɹəˈpɹæktɪk/.
Words near chiropractic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiropractic (page history and authors); chiropractic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chiropractic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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