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Definition: Podiatrist |
PodiatristNoun1. A specialist in care for the feet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A doctor who treats and takes care of people's feet. (references) |
Medicine | A specialist in treating minor ailments of the feet; called also podiatrist. Chiropodists are not graduate physicians. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Diagnoses and treats diseases and deformities of human foot: Diagnoses foot ailments, such as tumors, ulcers, fractures, skin or nail diseases, and congenital or acquired deformities, utilizing diagnostic aids, such as urinalysis, blood tests, and x-ray analysis. Treats deformities, such as flat or weak feet and foot imbalance, by mechanical and electrical methods, such as whirlpool or paraffin baths and short wave and low voltage currents. Treats conditions, such as corns, calluses, ingrowing nails, tumors, shortened tendons, bunions, cysts, and abscesses by surgical methods, including suturing, medications, and administration of local anesthetics. Prescribes drugs. Does not perform foot amputations. Corrects deformities by means of plaster casts and strappings. Makes and fits prosthetic appliances. Prescribes corrective footwear. Advises patients concerning continued treatment of disorders and proper foot care to prevent recurrence. Refers patients to physician when symptoms observed in feet and legs indicate systemic disorders, such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, or kidney trouble. May treat bone, muscle, and joint disorders and be designated Podiatrist, Orthopedic (medical ser.); children's foot diseases and be designated Podopediatrician (medical ser.). May perform surgery and be designated Podiatric Surgeon (medical ser.). (references) |
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Synonyms: PodiatristSynonyms: chiropodist (n), foot doctor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Podiatrist |
| Specialty definitions using "podiatrist": ARCH-SUPPORT TECHNICIAN ♦ PODIATRIC ASSISTANT. (references) |
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| "Podiatrist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Podiatrist" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "podiatrist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pedikyrist (pedicurist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مطبب الأرجل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fodterapeut (chiropodist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | podoloog (chiropodist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | podologue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fußspezialist (chiropodist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | podologo (chiropodist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odiatristpay podólogo (chiropodist). (various references) специалист по заболеваниям ног. (various references) podólogo (chiropodist). (various references) ayak hastalıkları uzmanı (chiropodist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "podiatrist": podiatrists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "podiatrist" (pronounced pudī"utri'st) |
| 6 | -u t r i' s t | optometrist. |
| 5 | -t r i' s t | centrist. |
| 4 | -r i' s t | careerist, clearest, czarist, jurist, lyrist, purist. |
| 3 | -i' s t | absurdist, astrophysicist, backlist, baptist, bassist, blacklist, chartist, checklist, cheesiest, chemist, climatologist, collectivist, conformist, constructionist, consumerist, corporatist, costliest, counterterrorist, cubist, cutest, defeatist, dramatist, dualist, egotist, essayist, evangelist, expansionist, experimentalist, fatalist, flavorist, flutist, futurist, gradualist, harpist, horticulturist, humanist, minimalist, monarchist, monetarist, moralist, nativist, nicest, nudist, optimist, parodist, percussionist, perfectionist, pharmacologist, physicist, pinkest, practiced, pragmatist, publicist, realist, recidivist, reformist, religionist, revisionist, revivalist, royalist, satanist, saxophonist, sensationalist, sexist, soloist, statist, stylist, suffragist, terrorist, trombonist, typist, vaguest. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: parotitis. | |
-2 letters: distrait, parodist, parotids, patriots. | |
-3 letters: airpost, diapirs, diarist, dispart, disport, distort, parotid, patriot, protist, sparoid, spiroid, torpids, tripods. | |
-4 letters: adopts, adroit, aorist, ariosi, aristo, aroids, artist, dattos, diapir, dittos, droits, idiots, otitis, ottars, pastor, patios, patois, prosit, radios, rapids, rapist, ratios, ripost, satori, sparid, spirit, stator, strait, strati, stript, tapirs, tarots, torpid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: podiatrists. | |
+2 letters: dictatorship, trepidations. | |
+3 letters: dictatorships, tetraploidies. | |
+4 letters: decrepitations, postindustrial, predestination, premeditations, radiotherapist, repudiationist. | |
+5 letters: postirradiation, predestinations, prestidigitator, radiotherapists, repudiationists. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100001 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o d i a t r i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0064 0069 0061 0074 0072 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50817075678684758586 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, Albanees, Albanais, albaner, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanés, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, arabo, арабский, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, danois, dänisch, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, francese, francês, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, alemán, alman |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, português, португальский, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, russer, Russe, russisch, russo, русский, ruso, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turque, türkisch, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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