OSTEOPATHY

osteopathy

(noun) therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

osteopathy (countable and uncountable, plural osteopathies)

(alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles.

(rare) Any disease of the bones.

Source: Wiktionary


Os`te*op"a*thy, n. [Osteo- + Gr. suffering.] (Med.) (a) Any disease of the bones. [R.] (b) A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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