Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of treating diseases, callosities, or excrescences of the hands and feet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The branch of
medicine concerned with thediagnosis andtreatment ofdiseases of thefeet (and formerly the hands)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the feet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Section twenty-one of said chapter one hun - dred and twelve, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "chiropody" in the second line the word: — (podiatry), — so as to read as follows: — Section
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Chap. 425. 545 after the word "chiropody" in the jfirst and second Hnes the word: — (podiatry), — and by inserting after the word
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A chiropody parlor was furnished with well-lit booths or small apartments, where an easy chair was provided for each customer and a low stool for the chiropodist.
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It quickly expanded to provide a range of day care services, including chiropody.
Care for the elderly will be hit hard by local council cuts 2010
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An HSF health plan also provides cash back on dental and optical visits, practitioner treatments – like physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture – hospital costs, personal accidents, home care help and much more.
Archive 2008-12-01 Thatsnews 2008
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An HSF health plan also provides cash back on dental and optical visits, practitioner treatments – like physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture – hospital costs, personal accidents, home care help and much more.
GP Advice Line reduces Staff Absence Thatsnews 2008
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"It's also," say the prize's organizers in their shortlist press release, "a book about invasion, obsession, displacement and possession, about comedy, art, prescription drugs and chiropody."
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Before long Jack and Mary find themselves grappling with a sinister plot involving cross-border money laundering, bullion smuggling, problems with beanstalks, titans seeking asylum, and the cut and thrust world of international chiropody.
The Big Over Easy: Summary and book reviews of The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. 2005
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Ms. Redgrave has the funniest monologue with her genteel tale of chiropody and fetishism, "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet."
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Ms. Redgrave has the funniest monologue with her genteel tale of chiropody and fetishism, "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet."
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