osteopath

English

Etymology

osteo- +‎ -path

Noun

osteopath (plural osteopaths)

1. (alternative medicine) 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.).

Translations

medicine: a healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles

• Bulgarian: остеопат m (osteopat)
• Dutch: osteopaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: osteopato
• Finnish: osteopaatti (fi)
• French: ostéopathe (fr) m or f
• Icelandic: hnykkir m, bein- og liðskekkjulæknir m
• Irish: oistéapat m
• Italian: osteopata (it) m or f
• Polish: osteopata (pl) m
• Romanian: osteopat m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: osteòpat (sh) m