CHIROPRACTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiropractic mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIROPRACTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

 Context examples 

Examples of CAM therapies are acupuncture, chiropractic, and herbal medicines.

(Cancer Alternative Therapies, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Chiropractic therapy may be used to treat conditions such as back pain, neck pain, headache, and hand or foot problems, and to improve overall health.

(Chiropractic therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Chiropractic is an alternative medical system.

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

Examples include chiropractic treatments, physical therapy, and massage therapy.

(Manipulative and body-based practice, NCI Dictionary)

Conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu.

(Defined Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The Doctor of Chiropractic degree is a degree awarded for graduates who have completed a medical doctoral program in accredited chiropractic college.

(Doctor of Chiropractic, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): Procedures may involve the disruption of some body surface (e.g. an incision in a surgical procedure) conservative procedures such as reduction of a luxated joint, including physiotherapy such as chiropractic treatment, massage, balneotherapy, acupuncture, shiatsu, counseling, etc.

(Performed Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)