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naprapathy

nap·ra·pathy

UK/næˈpɹæpəθi/ uncommon

noun

1.

a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues

Origin

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

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