Meanings
nounchiropractor (plural chiropractors)
plural chiropractors
- A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.
Origin
- Ancient Greekχείρ“hand”
- Englishchiropractor
From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُقَوِّم اَلْعِظَام
- مُقَوِّم اَلْعِظَام (muqawwim al-ʕiẓām)chiropractor
Catalan quiropràctic
- quiropràcticchiropractor
Chinese Mandarin 脊骨神經科醫生 /脊骨神经科医生, 脊醫 /脊医
- 脊骨神經科醫生 /脊骨神经科医生 (jǐgǔ shénjīng kē yīshēng)chiropractor
- 脊醫 /脊医 (jǐyī)chiropractor
Czech chiropraktik
- chiropraktikchiropractor
Dutch chiropracticus, chiropractor
- chiropracticuschiropractor
- chiropractorchiropractor
Finnish kiropraktikko
- kiropraktikkochiropractor
French chiropracteur, chiropractrice
- chiropracteurchiropractor
- chiropractricechiropractor
- chiropraticienchiropractor
- chiropraticiennechiropractor
German Chiropraktiker, Chiropraktikerin
- Chiropraktikerchiropractor
- Chiropraktikerinchiropractor
- Manualtherapeutchiropractor
- Manualtherapeutinchiropractor
Greek χειροπρακτικός, χειροπράκτης
- χειροπρακτικός (cheiropraktikós)chiropractor
- χειροπράκτης (cheiropráktis)chiropractor
- χειροπράκτισσα (cheiropráktissa)chiropractor
Icelandic kírópraktor, hnykklæknir
- kírópraktorchiropractor
- hnykklæknirchiropractor
Italian chiropratico
- chiropraticochiropractor
Japanese カイロプラクター, カイロプラクティック
- カイロプラクター (kairopurakutā)chiropractor
- カイロプラクティック (kairopurakutikku)chiropractor
Norwegian Bokmål kiropraktor
- kiropraktorchiropractor
Polish kręgarz, chiropraktyk
- kręgarzchiropractor
- chiropraktykchiropractor
Portuguese quiroprático, quiropraxista
- quiropráticochiropractor
- quiropraxistachiropractor
Romanian chiropractician, chiropracticiană
- chiropracticianchiropractor
- chiropracticianăchiropractor
Russian хиропра́ктор, костопра́в
- хиропра́ктор (xiropráktor)chiropractor
- костопра́в (kostopráv)chiropractor
Spanish quiropráctico, quiropráctica
- quiroprácticochiropractor
- quiroprácticachiropractor
Swedish kiropraktor
- kiropraktorchiropractor
Tagalog hilot
- hilotchiropractor
Turkish kiropraktör
- kiropraktörchiropractor
Cite this entry
APA
chiropractor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractor
MLA
“chiropractor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiropractor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiropractor.
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