OSTEOPATHY

[os.te.op.a.thy] n [NL osteopathia, fr. oste- + L -pathia -pathy] (1899): a system of medical practice based on a theory that diseases are due chiefly to loss of structural integrity which can be restored by manipulation of the parts supplemented by therapeutic measures (as use of medicine or surgery) -- os.te.o.path.ic adj -- os.te.o.path.i.cal.ly adv