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CHIROPODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiropody mean? 

CHIROPODY (noun)
  The noun CHIROPODY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the feetplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIROPODY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine concerned with the feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

chiropody; podiatry

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

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

chiropodist (a specialist in care for the feet)


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