noun
definition
The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
Examples of chiropody in a Sentence
These clinics provide services to community including chiropody, Health Visiting and Baby Clinics.
Nurses apply chiropody felt when it is required and let us all become part of the true multidisciplinary team.
Areas covered include routine chiropody, verrucas, ingrown toenails, fungal infections and biomechanics.
On site child care facilities, staff gym and free chiropody are just some of the local facilities available to employees.
In the absence of a satisfactory local NHS chiropody service, should not this private service be contracted in by the NHS?
For others it was deemed necessary to refer them to other agencies for treatment or support; eg. the community chiropody service.
Availability of NHS chiropodists does vary in different areas but lupus patients should be able to have NHS chiropody or podiatry regardless of age.
Corns and callus usually form in areas of high pressure or loading and require regular chiropody.