Definition of Osteopathy. Meaning of Osteopathy. Synonyms of Osteopathy

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Definition of Osteopathy

Osteopathy
Osteopathy Os`te*op"a*thy, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ? suffering.] (Med.) (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 remedied by manipulations of these parts.

Meaning of Osteopathy from wikipedia

- Osteopathy, unlike osteopathic medicine, which is a branch of the medical profession in the United States, is a pseudoscientific system of alternative...
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United...
- principles set by its earlier form, osteopathy. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are graduates of American osteopathic medical colleges and are licensed to...
- Craniosacral therapy (CST) or cranial osteopathy is a form of alternative medicine that uses gentle touch to feel non-existent rhythmic movements of the...
- Hypertrophic osteopathy is a bone disease secondary to cancer in the lungs. It is characterized by new bone formation on the outside of the diaphyses of...
- Craniomandibular osteopathy, also known as lion's jaw, is a developmental disease in dogs causing extensive bony changes in the mandible and skull. In...
- M****achusetts College of Osteopathy was an American Osteopathic college that operated from 1897 to 1944. The M****achusetts College of Osteopathy was established...
- Taylor Still (August 6, 1828 – December 12, 1917) was the founder of osteopathic medicine. He was also a physician and surgeon, author, inventor and Kansas...
- underlying philosophy of chiropractic echoed Andrew Still's principles of osteopathy established a decade earlier. Both described the body as a "machine" whose...
- list of osteopathic schools, universities, colleges, and medical schools that award a recognized osteopathic qualification or an osteopathic medical degree...