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osteopathy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osteopathy  \Os`te*op"a*thy\,  n.  [Osteo-  +  Gr  ?  suffering.] 
  (Med.) 
  a  Any  disease  of  the  bones.  [R.] 
  b  A  system  of  treatment  based  on  the  theory  that  diseases 
  are  chiefly  due  to  deranged  mechanism  of  the  bones, 
  nerves,  blood  vessels,  and  other  tissues,  and  can  be 
  remedied  by  manipulations  of  these  parts 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  osteopathy 
  n  :  therapy  based  on  the  assumption  that  restoring  health  is 
  best  accomplished  by  manipulating  the  skeleton  and 
  muscles 




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