osteopathy

English Thesaurus

1. therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles (noun.act)

hypernym	:	intervention, treatment,
definition	:	care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) (noun.act)

derivation	:	osteopath, osteopathist,
definition	:	a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles (noun.person)

derivation	:	osteopath, osteopathist,
definition	:	a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles (noun.person)