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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

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chiropractor (plural chiropractors)

1. A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

Derived terms

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• chiropract

Related terms

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• chiropractic

Translations

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Arabic: مُقَوِّم اَلْعِظَام m (muqawwim al-ʕiẓām) Catalan: quiropràctic m Chinese: Mandarin: 脊骨神經科醫生 / 脊骨神经科医生 (jǐgǔ shénjīng kē yīshēng), 脊醫 / 脊医 (jǐyī) Czech: chiropraktik m Dutch: chiropracticus (nl) m, chiropractor (nl) m Finnish: kiropraktikko (fi) French: chiropracteur (fr) m, chiropractrice f, chiropraticien (fr) m, chiropraticienne (fr) f German: Chiropraktiker (de) m, Chiropraktikerin (de) f, Manualtherapeut m, Manualtherapeutin f Greek: χειροπρακτικός (el) m or f (cheiropraktikós), χειροπράκτης (el) m (cheiropráktis), χειροπράκτισσα (el) f (cheiropráktissa) Icelandic: kírópraktor m, hnykklæknir m Italian: chiropratico Japanese: カイロプラクター (kairopurakutā), カイロプラクティック (kairopurakutikku) Norwegian: Bokmål: kiropraktor m Nynorsk: kiropraktor m Polish: kręgarz (pl) m, chiropraktyk (pl) m Portuguese: quiroprático m, quiropraxista m or f Romanian: chiropractician m, chiropracticiană f Russian: хиропра́ктор m (xiropráktor), костопра́в (ru) m (kostopráv) Spanish: quiropráctico (es) m, quiropráctica (es) f Swedish: kiropraktor (sv) c Tagalog: hilot Turkish: kiropraktör Unami: sèhsikwënikès Volapük: (♂♀) namaplägan, (♂) namahiplägan, (♀) namajiplägan

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