Meanings
nounchiropractic (uncountable)
- uncountablealternative medicineA system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
Synonyms: chiropractics
adjectivechiropractic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to chiropractics.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekχείρ“hand”
- Englishchiropractic
From chiro- (“hand”) + practic; from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρακτικός (praktikós, “concerned with action”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 脊骨神經醫學 /脊骨神经医学, 脊骨神經科 /脊骨神经科
- 脊骨神經醫學 /脊骨神经医学 (jǐgǔ shénjīng yīxué)system of health care
- 脊骨神經科 /脊骨神经科 (jǐgǔ shénjīng kē)system of health care
- 脊醫 /脊医 (jǐyī)system of health care
Danish kiropraktik
- kiropraktiksystem of health care
Dutch chiropraxie, chiropractie
- chiropraxiesystem of health care
- chiropractiesystem of health care
Finnish kiropraktiikka
- kiropraktiikkasystem of health care
French chiropratique, chiropraxie
- chiropratiquesystem of health care
- chiropraxiesystem of health care
German Chiropraktik
- Chiropraktiksystem of health care
Greek χειροπρακτική
- χειροπρακτική (cheiropraktikí)system of health care
Indonesian kiropraktik
- kiropraktiksystem of health care
Italian chiropratica
- chiropraticasystem of health care
Norwegian Bokmål kiropraktikk
- kiropraktikksystem of health care
Persian کایروپراکتیک
- کایروپراکتیک (kâyropraktik)system of health care
Polish chiropraktyka
- chiropraktykasystem of health care
Romanian chiropractică
- chiropracticăsystem of health care
Russian хиропрактика
- хиропрактика (xiropraktika)system of health care
Spanish quiropráctica
- quiroprácticasystem of health care
Swedish kiropraktik
- kiropraktiksystem of health care
Turkish kiropraktik
- kiropraktiksystem of health care
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chiropractic
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
chiropractic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractic
MLA
“chiropractic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiropractic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractic.
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