English
Etymology
From nature + -o- + -pathy.
Pronunciation
Noun
naturopathy (countable and uncountable, plural naturopathies)
- (alternative medicine) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
system of therapy
- Bulgarian: природолечение n (prirodolečenie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 自然醫學 / 自然医学 (zìrán yīxué)
- Danish: naturhelbredelse c
- Dutch: natuurgeneeswijze (nl) m or f, natuurgeneeskunde (nl) f
- Finnish: luonnonlääketiede
- French: naturopathie (fr) f
- Georgian: ნატუროპათია (naṭuroṗatia)
- German: Naturheilkunde f
- Gujarati: નિસર્ગોપચાર (nisargopcār)
- Japanese: 自然療法 (しぜんりょうほう, shizen ryōhō)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: naturopati m
- Russian: натуропа́тия (ru) f (naturopátija), лече́ние есте́ственными сре́дствами n (lečénije jestéstvennymi srédstvami)
- Spanish: naturopatía f
- Swedish: naturmedicin c, naturopatisk medicin c, naturopati c
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