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OSTEOPATHIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteopathist mean?
• OSTEOPATHIST (noun)
The noun OSTEOPATHIST has 1 sense:
1. a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
Familiarity information: OSTEOPATHIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
osteopath; osteopathist
Hypernyms ("osteopathist" is a kind of...):
healer; therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)
Derivation:
osteopathy (therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles)
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