osteopathy

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Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -pathy.

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Noun

osteopathy (countable and uncountable, plural osteopathies)

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

   Hypernyms: alternative medicine, complementary medicine

   Coordinate term: osteopathic medicine (contradistinguished)

2. (rare) Any disease of the bones.

   Synonym: osteopathology

Related terms

• osteopath

Translations

branch of therapy

Dutch: osteopathie (nl) f Esperanto: osteopatio Finnish: osteopatia (fi) French: ostéopathie (fr) f German: Osteopathie (de) f Hindi: अस्थिचिकित्सा f (asthicikitsā) Ido: osteopatio (io) Irish: oistéapaite f Italian: osteopatia (it) f Portuguese: osteopatia (pt) f Romanian: osteopatie (ro) f Russian: остеопа́тия (ru) f (osteopátija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: остеопа̀тија f Roman: osteopàtija (sh) f Spanish: osteopatía (es) f