OSTEOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteopathy mean? 

• OSTEOPATHY (noun)
  The noun OSTEOPATHY has 1 sense:

1. therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Derivation:

osteopathist (a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles)