OSTEOPATHY


Meaning of OSTEOPATHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäs-tē-ˈä-pə-thē ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin osteopathia, from oste- + Latin -pathia -pathy

Date: 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 drugs or surgery)

• os·te·o·path·ic ˌäs-tē-ə-ˈpa-thik adjective

• os·te·o·path·i·cal·ly -thi-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.