osteopath

American  

[os-tee-uh-path] / ˈɒs ti əˌpæθ /

Sometimes osteopathist

noun

1. a physician who specializes in osteopathy, practicing in all fields of medicine, particularly trained in preventive treatments and in assessing a patient’s well-being as a function of mind, body, and spirit: outside of the U.S., an osteopath is not necessarily a licensed physician.

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osteopath British  

/ ˈɒstɪəˌpæθ /

noun

1. a person who practises osteopathy

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Etymology

Origin of osteopath

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; back formation from osteopathy

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Example Sentences

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osteopath

She told the court Mr MacDonald, a marine engineer, was on sick leave after suffering a back injury in spring 2022 when he visited osteopath Mr MacKenzie.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024

Friends and family of 38-year-old osteopath Ashlee Good remembered her as a “beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend” and an “all-round outstanding human.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

She also acknowledges how much her osteopath has helped her with the factory-reset part of the gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

“I don’t think anyone’s ever seen anything like it — no one kind of realized how swift that water is,” said Mandy Crawford, an osteopath in Auckland.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

An osteopath, I suppose, would be agreeably painted so as to resemble a skeleton, while a botanist would enliven the street with the appearance of a Jack-in-the-Green.

From What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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