chiropody

American  

[ki-rop-uh-dee, kahy-, shuh-] / kɪˈrɒp ə di, kaɪ-, ʃə- /

noun

1. podiatry.

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chiropody British  

/ ˌkaɪrəʊˈpəʊdɪəl, kɪˈrɒpədɪ /

noun

1. the treatment of the feet, esp the treatment of corns, verrucas, etc

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Other Word Forms

• chiropodial
  adjective
• chiropodist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of chiropody

1885–90; chiro- + -pody; see -pod, -y ³

Example Sentences

And his exhibit for Chiropody Supply Headquarters, Inc., which he owns, was a mecca for even the most self-consciously professional podiatrists who were shopping for good equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Striding buoyantly along San Francisco's Eddy Street on a corner-to-corner, hand-kneading, quip-crackling campaign tour, Candidate Adlai Stevenson passed the California College of Chiropody and laughed at the yell from students: "Hi Adlai, how's your feet?"

From Time Magazine Archive

The several thousand buildings were of a uniform pattern, but lettered on the outside, so as easily to be distinguished: House of Latin, House of Chiropody, House of Marriage and Divorce, and so forth.

From How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee by Wister, Owen

He listened to the notices of mail-box universities which taught Short-story Writing and Improving the Memory, Motion-picture-acting and Developing the Soul-power, Banking and Spanish, Chiropody and Photography, Electrical Engineering and Window-trimming, Poultry-raising and Chemistry.

From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair