English Explanatory Dictionary

naprapathy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branch of alternative medicine, a manipulative therapy that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

Pronunciation

/næˈpɹæpəθi/

Word forms

naprapathy

Etymology

From Czech náprava (“correction”) + -pathy, coined in the early 1900s by Doctor Oakley Garfield Smith.

Related words

naprapath naprapathic
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