ABSTRACT
Exx: echopraxia, an as-it-were echoic repetition of others' actions; chiropraxis or chiropractic (n from adj), a manual adjustment of the (esp spinal) joints; chiropractic, adj.
presby-, presbyo-: Or presbu-, clf of presbus, old, (hence) an old man, akin to Skt purds, in front of, before (place; hence, time): cf PRESBYTERIAN. Exx: presbyophreniD, senile dementia (cf -phrenia) and presbyopia (cf -opiD at -ope), defective vision caused by old age, whence presbyopic.
