noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/pəˈdaɪətɹɪst/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
I visited my podiatrist to get a new pair of orthopedic inserts for my sneakers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a specialist in care for the feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chiropodist, foot doctor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English podiatry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English podiatrist From podiatry + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
podòleg
— specialist in foot care
Catalan:
podòloga
— specialist in foot care
Chinese Mandarin:
腳病醫生 /脚病医生
(jiǎobìng yīshēng)
— specialist in foot care
Estonian:
kiropood
— specialist in foot care
Finnish:
podologi
— specialist in foot care
French:
podologue
— specialist in foot care
Galician:
podólogo
— specialist in foot care
Galician:
podóloga
— specialist in foot care
German:
Fußspezialist
— specialist in foot care
German:
Fußspezialistin
— specialist in foot care
German:
Podologe
— specialist in foot care
German:
Podologin
— specialist in foot care
German:
Fußpfleger
— specialist in foot care
German:
Fußpflegerin
— specialist in foot care
Hebrew:
פודיאטר
— specialist in foot care
Hebrew:
פודיאטרית
— specialist in foot care
Hungarian:
podológus
— specialist in foot care
Ido:
pedokuracisto
— specialist in foot care
Italian:
podologo
— specialist in foot care
Italian:
podologa
— specialist in foot care
Japanese:
足治療医
(ashi-chiryō-i)
— specialist in foot care
Lithuanian:
podiatras
— specialist in foot care
Portuguese:
podólogo
— specialist in foot care
Portuguese:
podóloga
— specialist in foot care
Romanian:
podolog
— specialist in foot care
Romanian:
podologă
— specialist in foot care
Russian:
подиа́тр
(podiátr)
— specialist in foot care
Spanish:
podiatra
— specialist in foot care
Spanish:
podólogo
— specialist in foot care
Spanish:
podóloga
— specialist in foot care
Swedish:
fotvårdsspecialist
— specialist in foot care
