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ID 713387 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain surgery - therapypublic health
  • kiropoodia - käte ja jalgade ravi v nende eest hoolitsemine
  • a specialist in treating minor ailments of the feet; called also podiatrist. Chiropodists are not graduate physicians.
kiropood
chiropodist preferred
Usage examples
  • Beauty parlours and services of manicurists, excluding services of chiropodists and professional beauticians' and hairdressers' and hairdressers' training schools.
  • Podiatrists diagnose and treat the diseases, disabilities, and deformities of the foot by physical therapy, special shoes and other mechanical devices, pharmaceuticals, and minor surgery. After a prerequisite of at least two years of college education, the podiatry student must usually complete a four-year educational curriculum that embraces the fundamental medical sciences with an emphasis on their application to the human foot.
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  • The original practitioners treated hands as well as feet.
podiatrist
podologue

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