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Definition of Chiropractic
1. Noun. A method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure.
Definition of Chiropractic
1. Noun. (medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neural dysfunction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiropractic
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Medical Definition of Chiropractic
1. A system of diagnosis and healing based on the concept that health and disease are related to nervous system function, disease is due to malfunction of the nervous system due to noxious irritants, and health can be restored by their removal. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiropractic
Literary usage of Chiropractic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Doctors versus folks by Robert Tuttle Morris (1915)
"The Grand Success of Doctors of Chiropractic An Unusual Opportunity Many people
now realize the unusual opportunities for financial and social betterment ..."
2. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Today, most third-party payers accept chiropractic services, though they did not
... Increased chiropractic research has helped to allay the reluctance of ..."
3. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1903)
"Chiropractors (Amendment to Chiropractic Initiative Act, Submitted by Legislature)
Neutral Summary Prepared by Club's Executive Secretaries Executive ..."
4. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"Chiropractic. This system was founded in 1885. ... Chiropractic concerns itself
with an "adjustment" of the subluxations, thus removing pressure on the ..."
5. Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and by Jacob Piatt Dunn (1919)
"The person who attempts to practice chiropractic without this training is unprepared.
“The art of adjustment, the mastery of the ..."
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