foot doctor
2
2.7
- noun
- /fʊt ˈdɒktər/
- Informal
:
podólogo
- After struggling with foot pain, she finally decided to visit a foot doctor for help.
Examples
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The foot doctor's here.
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To the foot doctor.
Fiction book (1994) -
- I thought it was a foot doctor.
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I figured if I went with the best foot doctor, he would be better than any heart surgeon.
Blog text (3) -
"He prefers not to be called a foot doctor.
Fiction book (1997) -
Our leading light was the girl who was Princess Diana's foot doctor.
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My husband has some from a foot doctor, and they cost us over $100 out of pocket after insurance, so $44 didn't seem that bad if they work.
Blog text (30) -
She couldn't handle my dad being a cop, so she moves to California and marries some jerk foot doctor.
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Many athletes rely on a foot doctor to treat their foot injuries and provide advice on proper footwear.
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Her foot doctor recommended exercises to improve her foot strength and prevent future issues.
Synonyms
18
6.2
A person who treats and cares for problems of the feet
2
8.7
A person who treats and cares for feet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a doctor who treats feet' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'foot' (the part of the body) with 'doctor' (a medical professional) following the common English noun–noun compounding pattern. This compositional, literal relation is cross-linguistically common and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Foot doctor comes from the simple image of a doctor who only looks after your foot. People used this plain name instead of the longer word 'podiatrist', so it now means 'a doctor for the feet'.