chiropractic

1. 1.

   a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure

   Broadertreatment

Other forms of chiropractic

plural

chiropractics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chiropractic

What does chiropractic mean?

chiropractic means "a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure".

How many syllables are in chiropractic?

chiropractic has 4 syllables: chi-ro-prac-tic. The stress falls on "prac". In IPA it is /ˌkaɪɹoʊˈpɹæktɪk/.

Is chiropractic a common word?

chiropractic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.