A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic, the hands on or hand-held instrumental movement of the bone structure of the body to improve the function of the joints or nervous system.
Obsolete form of physician. [A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.]
(medicine) Abbreviation of physical examination. [(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.]
(medicine) A professional medical designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting an individual who is fully qualified and licensed to evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders.
(archaic) The science of medicine involving animals such as veterinary medicine or the treatment of animal bites.
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