osteopathic

adjective

os·​te·​o·​path·​ic ˌä-stē-ə-ˈpa-thik How to pronounce osteopathic (audio)
: of, relating to, or practicing osteopathic medicine
osteopathic physicians
The results of a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine indicate that osteopathic adjustments may be of benefit to children suffering from acute otitis media.—Robyn Dolgin
osteopathically
ˌä-stē-ə-ˈpa-thi-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce osteopathic (audio)
adverb
an osteopathically trained medical student

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Its College of Osteopathic Medicine teaches the osteopathic approach and graduates there become DOs. — John Wisely, Freep.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Plans for an osteopathic medical school to be built near Franciscan Health Crown Point drew praise when presented for the first time to the Crown Point Plan Commission on Monday. — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026 That includes those students with rich parents who didn’t borrow at all; of those who did borrow, 73% of dental students, 57% of medical and osteopathic students and 30% of law students borrowed more than the new $50,000 a year limit. — Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Epstein, for example, arranged to pay 10,000 pounds for Reinaldo Avila da Silva, the husband of British politician Peter Mandelson, to attend an osteopathic program. — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for osteopathic

Word History

Etymology

osteo- + -pathic, after osteopathy

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of osteopathic was in 1895

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osteopathic

adjective
os·​teo·​path·​ic ˌäs-tē-ə-ˈpath-ik How to pronounce osteopathic (audio)
: of, relating to, or practicing osteopathic medicine
osteopathic physicians
osteopathic manipulative treatment
Osteopathic residents were most frequently found in anesthesiology, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics-gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatry.—Anne E. Crowley et al., The Journal of the American Medical Association
osteopathically
-i-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce osteopathic (audio)
adverb
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