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Specialist in the treatment of feet
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chiropodist
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Word definitions for chiropodist in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1785, from chiro- "hand" + pod- , stem of Greek pous "foot" (see foot (n.)) + -ist . Probably coined by Canadian-born U.S. healer Daniel Palmer (1845-1913); originally they treated both hands and feet. A much-maligned word among classicists, who point out ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A foot massage by a trained chiropodist is sure to put the spring back into your step and treatments start at £15. ▪ Corns are better dealt with by a chiropodist . ▪ For setting the pace ... foot-friendly trainers with room for ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a specialist in care for the feet [syn: foot doctor , podiatrist ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A practitioner of chiropody
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chiropodist \Chi*rop"o*dist\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + ?; ?, foot.] One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.
Usage examples of chiropodist.
I kept on, as I told you, for a whole year with my specialists, going from head to foot, and tapering off with a chiropodist.
And there was the doc ignoring his request for a referral to a chiropodist so Terry could get rid of his troublesome bunion on the NHS, and engaging him instead on issues of mortality.
I told him we could organize a corps of chiropodists to go from camp to camp to cut corns and treat diseases of the feet.
One wouldn't be able to summon chiropodists, masseuses, secretaries, barbers or clothes-pressers in a hurry… but television, why not?
He came with his wife, and while I was healing her he asked if I could do anything for his in-growing toe-nail: he had suffered pain in his toe for years and had been to doctors and chiropodists to no avail.
Anyway, the other replies broke down as follows: five accountants, twelve computer software designers, one data collection manager, two probation officers, one natural catastrophe modeler, three chiropodists, one stockbroker, one master mariner and six solicitors including .
Star becomes convinced that Captain Cork went uncorked and wigged when he lost his leg during a simple ingrown toenail operation bungled by a hip young chiropodist stoned on mescaline.