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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
translation icon : 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

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
Doctor of Osteopathy
vsosteopath
  • Specialized
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

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.