CHIROPRACTIC


Meaning of CHIROPRACTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkī-rə-ˌprak-tik, ˌkī-rə-ˈ ]

noun

Etymology: chir- + Greek praktikos practical, operative — more at practical

Date: 1898

: a system of therapy which holds that disease results from a lack of normal nerve function and which employs manipulation and specific adjustment of body structures (as the spinal column)

• chiropractic adjective

• chi·ro·prac·tor -tər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.