Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.

    Naturheilkunde

    натуропа́тияnaturopátija, лече́ние есте́ственными сре́дствамиlečénije jestéstvennymi srédstvami

More definitions
  • a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process

Examples

1 sentences
  1. She believes in naturopathy.

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Translations

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system of therapy:
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system of therapy:

Origin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

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Forms

plural: naturopathies
Singularnaturopathy
Pluralnaturopathies

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Word family

5 related words

See also

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