chiropody

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)bor. New Latin chiro-lbor. English chiro- English pod- English -y English chiropody From chiro- (“hand”) + pod- (“foot”) + -y.

1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands).