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OSTEOPATHIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteopathist mean? 

OSTEOPATHIST (noun)
  The noun OSTEOPATHIST has 1 sense:

1. a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and musclesplay

  Familiarity information: OSTEOPATHIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSTEOPATHIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

osteopath; osteopathist

Hypernyms ("osteopathist" is a kind of...):

healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

Derivation:

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


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