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Osteopathic Medicine

Medical Definition:	A system of therapy and medicine based on the theory that the normal body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional states are of equal importance and is capable of making its own remedies against infections and toxic conditions when there are favorable environmental circumstances and adequate nutrition.
Guide Notes:	SPEC: SPEC qualif; OSTEOPATHY is not a substitute for BONE AND BONES /pathol; TN 143: do not confuse with BONE DISEASES; DF: OSTEOPATHIC MED

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