osteopath /os·teo·path/ (os´te-o-path″) a practitioner of osteopathy.
osteopath (osteo)
osteopath,
osteopath
os·te·o·path ( s t - -p th ) or os·te·op·a·thist (st-p-th st)n. A physician practicing osteopathy. |
osteopath (osteo)
[os′tē·ōpath′]
a physician who specializes in osteopathy. Also called osteopathist.
osteopath,
n a person who is recognized by the national professional organization of his or her country as someone trained in osteopathic philosophy and techniques and who is allowed to diagnose and treat conditions based upon this training.
osteopath
a practitioner of osteopathy.
osteopath
A physician trained in osteopathic medicine; the differences between doctors of medicine–MDs and doctors of osteopathy–DOs have been largely erased; the chief distinction between osteopaths and mainstream physicians is
that osteopaths rely more on 'manipulation' of various body parts; otherwise, DOs prescribe drugs and may train in the same hospitals as MDs
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