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chiropractor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈkaɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tɚ/
  • Australian: /ˈkɑɪ.ɹəˌpɹæk.tə(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AY1 R AH0 P R AE2 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a therapist who practices chiropractic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: therapist, healer

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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