chiro

Large silvery fish

Chiro is informal shorthand for chiropractor or chiropractic: I've got an appointment at the chiro this afternoon.

The clipping is common in casual speech and appears in compound forms like chiro adjustment.

In Australian slang, chiro also refers to a chiropractor's office or clinic.

chiropractic

adjustment

Alteration to improve fit

back pain · neck pain · posture · wellness · holistic · nervous system · activator · palpation · crack · vertebral

prefix

chiroptera

Scientific name for bats

chirality

Categories
Opposites
medical approach

chirosurgeon

Physician who operates

MD · drug therapy · surgical intervention

habitat

chirosea creature

Ocean-inhabiting organism

marine invertebrate

Phrases
Family

chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractors, chiropodist, chiropody

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G