osteopath

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noun

A non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).

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Meanings

nounosteopath (plural osteopaths)

plural osteopaths

  1. alternative medicineA non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles

Similar
osteopathist
Broader
therapisthealer
Also see
osteopathist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From osteo- + -path.

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Translations

Bulgarian остеопат
  • остеопат (osteopat)medicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Catalan osteòpata
  • osteòpatamedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Dutch osteopaat
  • osteopaatmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Esperanto osteopato
  • osteopatomedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Finnish osteopaatti
  • osteopaattimedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
French ostéopathe
  • ostéopathemedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Icelandic hnykkir, bein- og liðskekkjulæknir
  • hnykkirmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
  • bein- og liðskekkjulæknirmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Irish oistéapat
  • oistéapatmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Italian osteopata
  • osteopatamedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Polish osteopata
  • osteopatamedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Romanian osteopat
  • osteopatmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Welsh osteopath
  • osteopathmedicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles
Cite this entry
APA

osteopath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteopath

MLA

“osteopath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteopath. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteopath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteopath.

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