Os`te*op"a*thy (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. &?; suffering.] (Med.) (a) Any disease of the bones. [R.] (b) 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.

Os`te*op"a*thy (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. &?; suffering.] (Med.) (a) Any disease of the bones. [R.] (b) 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.

• (medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles