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Chiropody is the work of examining and treating problems with people's feet — painful nails, hard skin, infections, and injuries that make it hard to walk. It is the name of the field, not the person. The person is a . The word is more British and a little old-fashioned now; many clinics say podiatry instead, especially in American English. It is a medical, professional word. Though actually, the pieces of the word mean hand plus foot: it once suggested treatment of hands and feet together. Today, in real use, it is about feet. Do not confuse it with chiropractic, which is treatment of the back and joints by hand.
足病治療、足部醫療(指這門工作,不是指那個人)
組成chiro- (hand, from Greek kheír) + pod- (foot) + -y (a field of work).
同家族的字
- chiropodistthe person who does this work
- podiatristshares pod- (foot); a newer name for this kind of foot care
- chiropracticshares chiro- (hand); a different treatment, for the back
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chiropodynoun
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medicinesciencesThe branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands).
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。