osteopathist

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.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

osteopathist - a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles osteopath healer, therapist - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

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Translations

osteópata