CHIROPRACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiropractor mean? 

• CHIROPRACTOR (noun)
  The noun CHIROPRACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a therapist who practices chiropractic

  Familiarity information: CHIROPRACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIROPRACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A therapist who practices chiropractic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chiropractor" is a kind of...):

healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

 Context examples 

Chiropractors use manipulative therapy as an integral treatment tool.

(Chiropractic therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Many people visit chiropractors for treatment of low back pain.

(Chiropractic, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Chiropractors perform adjustments (manipulations) to the spine or other parts of the body.

(Chiropractic, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)