chiropodist

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As most of you know, I am extremely squeamish, so I spent the appointment trying to read my book (naturally) while the chiropodist was working.

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  1. One who treats diseases or malformations of the hands or feet; especially, a sargeon for the feet, hands, and nails; a cutter or extractor of corns and callosities; a corn-doctor.

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  • It leaves long-term traces of itself in hair and fingernails, neither of which, in the grave, is likely to receive the attentions of a barber or a chiropodist, even a ghostly one Arsenic? —  The Crozier Pharohs - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 66
  • In the morning I had to take my son to the chiropodist. —  Tales from the Reading Room
  • As most of you know, I am extremely squeamish, so I spent the appointment trying to read my book (naturally) while the chiropodist was working. —  Tales from the Reading Room
  • Although scaled down from its original plan, which included 62 health care workers at three satellite sites, the EMCHC's two doctors, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, chiropodist and three counsellors will offer essential medical services to residents battling poverty and discrimination. —  Mississauga News
  • Among businesses set to move in to the building include two eastern or oriental restaurants, clothing shops for women and children, a cafe, a music shop and a health and wellbeing centre featuring a dentist, optician, chiropractor and chiropodist. —  Express & Star
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  1. from Greek χείρ, hand, + πούς (ποδ-), = English foot, + -ist.
 

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