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naturopathy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treatment, intervention

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h1-sḱé-ti Proto-Italic *gnāskōrder. Latin nāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin nātūralbor. Old French naturebor. Middle English nature English nature Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English naturopathy From nature + -o- + -pathy.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: природолечение (prirodolečenie) — system of therapy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自然醫學 /自然医学 (zìrán yīxué) — system of therapy
  • Danish: naturhelbredelse — system of therapy
  • Dutch: natuurgeneeswijze — system of therapy
  • Dutch: natuurgeneeskunde — system of therapy
  • Finnish: luonnonlääketiede — system of therapy
  • Finnish: naturopatia — system of therapy
  • French: naturopathie — system of therapy
  • Georgian: ნატუროპათია (naṭuroṗatia) — system of therapy
  • German: Naturheilkunde — system of therapy
  • Gujarati: નિસર્ગોપચાર (nisargopcār) — system of therapy
  • Japanese: 自然療法 (shizen ryōhō) — system of therapy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturopati — system of therapy
  • Russian: натуропа́тия (naturopátija) — system of therapy
  • Russian: лече́ние есте́ственными сре́дствами (lečénije jestéstvennymi srédstvami) — system of therapy
  • Spanish: naturopatía — system of therapy
  • Swedish: naturmedicin — system of therapy
  • Swedish: naturopatisk medicin — system of therapy
  • Swedish: naturopati — system of therapy
  • Turkish: naturopati — system of therapy