1) Alternative medical system 2) Treatment
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1) Osteopathia
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Osteopathy (from Greek ὀστέον, `bone` and -πάθεια, `disease of`) is a type of complementary and alternative medicine which primarily consists of moving, stretching and massaging a person’s muscles and joints. Its practitioners claim that the health and well being of an individual depends on their bones, muscles, ligaments, and c...
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a treatment based on the principle that diseases are associated with the musculo-skeletal system. Treatment may involve massage and manipulation.
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) Any disease of the bones.
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health care profession that emphasizes the relationship between the musculoskeletal structure and organ function. Osteopathic physicians develop ...
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<pathology> A disease of bone. ... Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(os″te-op´ә-the) any disease of a bone. a system of therapy that uses generally accepted physical, medicinal, and surgical methods of diagnosis and therapy, and emphasizes the importance of normal body mechanics and manipulative methods of detecting and correcting faulty structure. It is founde...
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Os`te·op'a·thy noun [
Osteo- + Greek ... suffering.]
(Medicine) (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 remedie...
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A method of treating disease by manipulation.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: os′tē-op′ă-thē Definitions: 1. Any disease of bone. 2. 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 meas...
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Osteopathy: A system of therapy founded in the 19th century based on the concept that the body can formulate its own remedies against diseases when the body is in a normal structural relationship, has a normal environment and enjoys good nutrition. While osteopathy takes a 'holistic' approach to medical care, it also embraces modern medical knowled...
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Osteopathy is a field of medicine that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correct faulty body structures, particularly the nerves, muscles, bones and joints. Osteopathic medicine is one of the two health fields nationally recognized as complete schools of medicine. An osteopathic physician, also known as a Doctor of Osteopathic Me...
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n] - therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
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osteopathy 1. Disease or affection of the bones. 2. A theory of disease and method of cure founded on the assumption that deformation of some part of the skeleton and consequent interference with the adjacent nerves and blood-vessels are the cause of most diseases.
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noun therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
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System of alternative medical practice that relies on physical manipulation to treat mechanical stress. It was developed over a century ago by US physician Andrew Taylor Still, who maintained that most ailments can be prevented or cured by techniques of spinal manipulation. Osteopaths are generally consulted to treat problems of the musculo-ske...
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a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
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therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
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therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
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