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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine . It is a health care system of diagnosis and treatment that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function in the body, and the ways it can be affected through manipulative therapy and other treatment ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context alternative medicine English) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. 2 (cx rare English) Any disease of the bones.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
osteopathy \os`te*op"a*thy\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. pa`qos suffering.] (Med.) Any disease of the bones. [R.] 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, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1857, "disease of the bones," from Greek osteon "bone" (see osseous ) + -pathy , from Greek -patheia , comb. form of pathos "suffering, disease, feeling" (see pathos ). As a system of treating ailments by the manipulation of bones, it dates from 1889.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A particular complementary technique may be recognised by orthodox circles in one country but condemned in another; an example is osteopathy . ▪ Aromatherapy for instance, osteopathy and traditional beauty treatment.