chiropractor

noun

chi·​ro·​prac·​tor ˈkī-rə-ˌprak-tər 

ˌkī-rə-ˈprak-

plural chiropractors

: a licensed health care professional who treats disorders (such as back and neck pain) chiefly of the musculoskeletal system especially through the manual adjustment or manipulation of the spinal vertebrae to correct nervous system dysfunction : a specialist in chiropractic

The broad field of sports medicine includes many different practitioners, from massage therapists, acupuncturists and chiropractors to osteopaths, physicians, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists and psychiatrists.

—Carol L. Otis

Examples of chiropractor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Safe neck adjustments should only be performed by a licensed chiropractor after a thorough evaluation to rule out underlying conditions. —Lindsay Curtis, Health, 12 May 2025

Nguyen’s older sister became a chiropractor and then a lawyer; Nguyen became a surgeon; two of Nguyen’s brothers became surgeons and another became a lawyer. —Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC news, 12 May 2025

Sherry Gaber, an animal chiropractor who was friends with the Hackmans, told USA Today that Betsy had rescued both Zinna and Bear, the former from a shelter and the latter from the side of a highway. —Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025

Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine. —Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

chiropract(ic) + -or entry 1

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chiropractor

• benefactor
• malefactor
• multifactor
• subcontractor
• acter
• actor
• factor
• tractor
• attractor
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• contactor