A chiropractor is considered as doctors in some part of the world, in some, they are referred as medical researcher and students, and in some parts, they are referred as practitioners only. This field related to the medical study is always controversial among people all around the globe. The doctors with a proper medical training and degree argue and want Chiropractor not to be considered as doctors and much more similar sort of issues. In every country, there is own specific terminology used for the degree holders of Chiropractor i.e. In UK and Switzerland they are considered as bachelor’s or graduates only having knowledge about the specific medical discipline, whereas, in Spain, France along with other European countries and the USA itself state them as Doctors of Chiropractic. A chiropractor is a person that deals with the musculoskeletal disorders inside the body more specifically they usually deal with spinal cord abnormalities. Unlike professional doctors that possess MBBS degree, they do not rely on and prescribe medicines, and their way of treatment is quite different from usual doctors.
Chiropractor
A system of health care that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and nervous system and their effects on overall health. The method of treatment usually involves manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures.
Doctor
A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine or a school of osteopathic medicine; a physician.
Chiropractor
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.
Doctor
Any of certain other healthcare professionals, such as a dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or veterinarian.
Chiropractor
A therapist who practics chiropractic.
Doctor
A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials.
Chiropractor
A therapist who practices chiropractic
Doctor
A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
Doctor
A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university.
Doctor
Abbr. Dr. Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.
Doctor
Roman Catholic Church An eminent theologian.
Doctor
A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task.
Doctor
(Informal) To give medical treatment to
"[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference" (Charles Kuralt).
Doctor
To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.
Doctor
To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself
Doctored the evidence.
Doctor
To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of
Doctor the soup with a dash of sherry.
Doctor
To alter or modify for a specific end
Doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.
Doctor
(Baseball) To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement
Was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.
Doctor
To practice medicine.
Doctor
A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
Doctor
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
Doctor
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
Doctor
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
Doctor
(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
Doctor
(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
The doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
The doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
Doctor
A fish, the friar skate.
Doctor
(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
Her children doctored her back to health.
Doctor
To act as a medical doctor.
Doctor
(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
Doctor
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
Doctor
(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
Doctor
(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.
Doctor
(transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
Doctor
A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man.
One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel.
Doctor
An academical title, originally meaning a man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.
Doctor
One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet deathWill seize the doctor too.
Doctor
Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.
Doctor
To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
Doctor
To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
Doctor
To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.
Doctor
To practice physic.
Doctor
A licensed medical practitioner;
I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
Doctor
(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching;
The Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages
Doctor
Children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office;
The children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor
Doctor
A person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution;
She is a doctor of philosophy in physics
Doctor
Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Doctor
Give medical treatment to
Doctor
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
She repaired her TV set
Repair my shoes please
There are numerous medical fields that relate to many overall health issues or even deals with specific sort of disease of problems. Although the medical field itself is very vast and a doctor is considered as the bachelor of medicine after attaining a proper degree and then training. Similarly, there are many other fields that are related to the medical line but differentiate too in numerous ways. Chiropractic is one big example of such field. Chiropractic is the study or practice of attaining specialty regarding dealing with musculoskeletal issues, which means dealing with abnormalities occurring in the skeletal bones, joints, and muscles. Chiropractic education is more famous due to specific dealing with the spine and issue regarding spinal cord. A Chiropractic is a professional degree holder in Chiropractic specifically and deals with musculoskeletal issues without the concern of medicine. It is like other curing fields that includes homeopathy, podiatry, optometry, psychology, etc. All these disciplines are health related but are not considered to be fall in the category of medical studies. A chiropractor does not deal a patient like the common medical doctor deal as after diagnosing prescribing medicines etc. Chiropractor usually does not prescribe any medicine and deal with various other physical techniques for diagnosing and getting rid of the abnormality from which the patient is suffering. They do not have general knowledge of medicine like the professional MBBS doctors. The techniques used by Chiropractors are termed as Chiropractic adjustment, training, mobilization, electrical stimulation, etc. Chiropractors attain the undergraduate degree in chiropractic and practice for years for perfection and experience. Chiropractors are regarded as doctors in some parts of the world like US, Mexico and various European countries including France and Spain. Their bachelor degree is regarded as D.C (Doctor of Chiropractic). In other countries like U.K, Australia, and New Zealand, the degree of Chiropractic is considered as common BSc Hons (Bachelors of Science) Chiropractic. Every country in the different region of the world have their way of dealing the things, and they specifically regard Chiropractors differently.
Everyone is quite much familiar with the term Doctor and the field it covers. A doctor is specifically a person possessing a 4 or 5-year degree of Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery. This bachelor degree of doctor of medicine and surgery is termed as MBBS in most parts of the world. A doctor is a person who is well aware of the basic and general knowledge of medicines and can deal with a patient suffering from different health disorders and disease. The medical field is directly related to the health and is considered a most effective way of curing a disease or overcoming an abnormality. Doctors Besides of the basic Bachelor degree of medicine and surgery, do masters in the specific field of specialization such as a Cardiac Surgeon, Neurosurgeon, pediatrician, ENT specialist and numerous other fields too. Doctors deals with the cases in the hospitals and clinics. Unlike to the Chiropractors who usually deals in private clinics or health camps sometimes. Doctors rely on the medicine and prefer to treat the disease or disorder by giving proper medicine after proper diagnosing the patient.