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osteopath

osteopath

4 7.4
A person who treats body pain by moving and pressing bones and muscles
  • noun
  • /ˈɑːstiəˌpæθ/
  • Specialized
: osteópata
  • So there were nurses and dentists and osteopaths and people that worked in professional careers.
  • doctors and osteopaths
  • osteopath or chiropractor
  • optometrists and osteopaths

I'm back from the osteopath that went all good and I'm now just cooking myself up a bit of brunch.

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Examples

  • He frequently sees an osteopath to help manage his chronic back pain through hands-on treatments.

  • There's a very good osteopath in town...

    Double Indemnity (1944)

  • I want to tell you something about my work as a doctor and an osteopath.

    Academic text (2001)

  • My osteopath says it's bad for my spine.

    Marihuana (1936)

  • There are many techniques to do so, and many good osteopaths can attest to this.

    Blog text (22)

  • I know nothing about osteopaths, except that there aren't any anymore thanks to the Medical Establishment.

    Blog text (27)

  • If you're like most health consumers, you probably don't know what osteopaths are, let alone what sort of medicine they practice.

    Blog text (12)

  • Find a practitioner whom he has taught—trainer, therapist, or osteopath—and see firsthand.

    Blog text (22)

  • After her injury, she visited an osteopath who helped relieve her pain by manipulating her spine.

  • The osteopath recommended specific exercises to improve my posture and alleviate discomfort.

Synonyms

Doctor of Osteopathy
vsosteopath
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A doctor qualified in osteopathic medicine who can treat patients, prescribe medicine, and perform surgery

is the practitioner role who treats patients by manipulating bones and muscles
osteopathist
vsosteopath
  • Specialized
8.4

A health professional who uses hands to treat bones, joints, and muscles

is about treating medical conditions by manipulating bones and muscles

Surface Forms

osteopath singular
osteopaths plural

Morphology

osteopath = osteopathy (transparent) = osteo + path

Clearly denotes a practitioner of the practice 'osteopathy', so the relation to the base is directly interpretable by learners.

Etymology

The word osteopath comes from Greek parts osteo- meaning 'bone' and -path meaning 'suffering' or 'disease'. So an osteopath is a person who treats problems of the bones and muscles by using their hands to move and adjust them to help the body heal.