chiropractic
A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body…A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
» The spa offers chiropractic treatments.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
Chiropraktik
хиропрактикаxiropraktika
- a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure
Examples
2 sentencesThe spa offers chiropractic treatments.
Chiropractic is a massage technique to put the vertebrae back in the right position, but it is not part of medicine itself.
Translations
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Origin
From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktFrom chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).
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