osteopathy

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -pathy.

Noun

osteopathy (countable and uncountable, plural osteopathies)

1. (alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles.

   Hypernyms: alternative medicine, complementary medicine

   Coordinate term: osteopathic medicine (contradistinguished)

2. (rare) Any disease of the bones.

   Synonym: osteopathology

Related terms

• osteopath

Translations

branch of therapy

• Dutch: osteopathie (nl) f
• Esperanto: osteopatio
• Finnish: osteopatia (fi)
• French: ostéopathie (fr) f
• German: Osteopathie (de) f
• Hindi: अस्थिचिकित्सा f (asthicikitsā)
• Ido: osteopatio (io)
• Irish: oistéapaite f
• Italian: osteopatia (it) f
• Portuguese: osteopatia (pt) f
• Romanian: osteopatie (ro) f
• Russian: остеопа́тия (ru) f (osteopátija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: остеопа̀тија f

  Roman: osteopàtija (sh) f

• Spanish: osteopatía (es) f