Medical Term:
osteopathy
Pronunciation: os′tē-op′ă-thē
Definition:
- Any disease of bone.
- A school of medicine based on a concept of the normal body as a vital machine capable, when in correct adjustment, of making its own remedies against infections and other toxic conditions; practitioners use the diagnostic and therapeutic measures of conventional medicine in addition to manipulative measures.
Synonym(s): osteopathia
[osteo- + G. pathos, suffering]
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