Naprapathy Definition
nə-prăpə-thē
naprapathy
noun
Treatment of disease by manipulation of joints, muscles, and ligaments and nutritional therapy, based on the belief that many diseases are caused by displacement of connective tissues.
American Heritage Medicine
A branch of alternative medicine, a manipulative therapy that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
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Origin of Naprapathy
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Czech náprava correction (from napravit to correct) (na- to, on) (from Old Church Slavonic na, na- an- in Indo-European roots) (pravý true, correct) (from Old Church Slavonic pravŭ per1 in Indo-European roots) –pathy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Czech náprava, "correction", and -pathy, coined in the early 1900s by Dr Oakley Smith.
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