Associations to the word «Chiropractic»

Wiktionary

CHIROPRACTIC, noun. (alternative medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats