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Spell Bee Word: Chiropractor


What does chiropractor mean?

Word: Chiropractor

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Chiropractor means a health professional who treats back, neck and joint pain by pressing and moving the spine and joints with the hands.

Word origin: From the Greek kheir, hand: a treatment done by hand.

How do you spell chiropractor?

Syllables: chi - ro - prac - tor

Tricky part: It begins with chi, said like kai, so students try kiro- or kairo-. The ending is -or, as in doctor, not -er.

Watch out for: kiropractor, chiropracter, chiropactor

Memory tip: Think of a chiropractor as a doctor for the back: like doctor and instructor, the job name ends in -or. The front, chiro-, is Greek for hand.

Chiropractor in a sentence

Example 1: Papa visited a chiropractor because his desk job had left him with a stiff back.

Example 2: The chiropractor showed Mia how to sit straight while studying.

Example 3: Some athletes see a chiropractor after a long season.

Fun Fact

Chiropractic treatment was started in 1895 by Daniel David Palmer in the town of Davenport, Iowa, in the USA.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pharmasist
b) optisian
c) surjeon
d) chiropractor

Show answer

d) chiropractor. Surgeon, pharmacist and optician each have one letter wrong here.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

chiropracktor

a) k
b) c
c) t
d) o

Show answer

a) k. The k sound before the t is a plain c, as in practical.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

porcatrichor

a) chiropractic
b) chiropodist
c) chiropractor
d) practitioner

Show answer

c) chiropractor. Count the r's: there are three, and no other option has three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a chiropractor least likely to do?

a) loosen a tight joint
b) advise on sitting posture
c) press on a stiff spine
d) carry out heart surgery

Show answer

d) carry out heart surgery

2. A chiropodist, whose name looks similar, treats problems of the ____.

a) feet
b) back
c) ears
d) hands

Show answer

a) feet

Associated Words

Words that end in -ctor: collector, instructor, inspector, reflector, benefactor

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