osteopathy
pronunciation
How to pronounce osteopathy in British English:
UK [ˌɒstiˈɒpəθi]
How to pronounce osteopathy in American English:
US [ˌɑstiˈɑpəθi]
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- Noun:
- therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Word Origin
- osteopathy (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Trigger points and muscle chains in osteopathy .
- 2. Alternative medicine includes treatments such as acupuncture , homeopathy , osteopathy and hypnotherapy .
- 3. Biological macrofeatures and criterion thereof for fracture immobilization in chinese mongolian traditional osteopathy .
- 4. Objective to study the biological macrofeatures and criterion thereof for fracture immobilization in chinese mongolian traditional osteopathy .
- 5. Method the principles and methods of modern physiological psychology and biomechanics were used in this study to explore the biological macrofeatures and criterion thereof for fracture immobilization , based on the view of the harmony of human and nature ( including a unity of body and function ) in chinese mongolian traditional osteopathy .