Definitions for: Osteopathy

[n] therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: treatment