Os`te*op"a*thy (?), n. [Osteo- +
Gr. &?; suffering.] (Med.)
1.
Any disease
of the bones.
[R.]
2.
A system of
treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to
deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other
tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these
parts.
© Webster 1913.