The story
- Czech · derived fromnáprava“correction”
- English todaynaprapathy
From Czech náprava (“correction”) + -pathy, coined in the early 1900s by Doctor Oakley Garfield Smith.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A branch of alternative medicine, a manipulative therapy that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Full definition →
From Czech náprava (“correction”) + -pathy, coined in the early 1900s by Doctor Oakley Garfield Smith.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.