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os·te·o·path

(ŏs′tē-ə-păth′) also os·te·op·a·thist (ŏs′tē-ŏp′ə-thĭst)
n.
1. In the United Kingdom and some other countries, a skilled practitioner of osteopathic manual techniques who is not a physician.
2. Usage Problem A licensed physician trained in a school of osteopathic medicine. Not in technical use.
Usage Note: Unlike the therapeutic professionals called osteopaths in other countries, practitioners of osteopathic medicine in the United States are licensed physicians. The use of the term osteopath to refer to such a practitioner is thus incorrect. The term osteopathic physician is preferred.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

osteopath

(ˈɒstɪəˌpæθ) or less commonly

osteopathist

n
(Medicine) a person who practises osteopathy
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

os•te•o•path

(ˈɒs ti əˌpæθ)

also os•te•op•a•thist

(ˌɒs tiˈɒp ə θɪst)

n.
a practitioner of osteopathy.
[1895–1900]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. osteopath - a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
healer, therapist - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
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Translations

osteopath

[ˈɒstɪəpæθ] N → osteópata mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

osteopath

[ˈɒstiəpæθ] n → ostéopathe m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

osteopath

n → Osteopath(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

osteopath

[ˈɒstɪəpæθ] n → chiroterapista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

os·te·o·path

n. osteópata, especialista en osteopatía.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

osteopath

n osteópata mf, médico -ca mf especializado en osteopatía
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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AN osteopath accused of sexually assaulting a female patient claimed the woman had made up the allegations.
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Desha County has nine physicians, eight MDs and one osteopath. It should have been tied for 50th.
Correction
We have a doctor here, he explains -- 'here' being the Dikteon Medical Centre near the Metro roundabout in Lakatamia, where Evangelos is the resident osteopath -- called Dr Lucy Melisian, "one of the best internists in the whole of Cyprus", and Dr Lucy often refers her patients to him for treatment.
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Your chair is hurting you Osteopath Deborah Osborne-Kirby (croxley osteopaths.co.uk) says: 'Sedentary working practices can put the back, neck and shoulders under immense strain and may lead to issues like RSI, tennis elbow, back and neck strain.' Put your screen at eye-level to avoid over-tiring the muscles in your neck and back.
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Asif Allauddin, principal osteopath at Glasgow Osteopaths, said: "The majority of patients come because of back problems but we do see other related issues such as golfing injuries, foot problems or headaches.
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You are likely to find most work as a self-employed osteopath in the private sector, running your own practice or working in a private health care centre or sports clinic.
Take a hands-on approach to ease joint and muscle pain; Careers in ... osteopathy Sue Kelbrick puts her neck out for a manipulative career
The 19-year-old singer said that an osteopath advised him to channel his inner Billy Elliot to soothe the pain, but he instead took up yoga to cure himself.
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With less than a week to go before I make my debut in the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship, life has comprised a combination of work, golf practice, more work and a second visit to Keith, the osteopath.
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After the young man was injured when a gas cylinder hit his shoulder, he went directly to an osteopath.
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