Traditional Japanese practice of manually treating fractures and dislocations, often without surgery. The practitioner is called 骨接ぎ師 or 接骨師.
My grandfather was a master of bonesetting, and neighbors often came to him for fracture treatment.
Judo therapists learn bonesetting techniques.
Standard kanji spelling for bonesetting.
Rarely used kanji form; 接ぎ is preferred.
Compound of 骨 (ほね, 'bone') and 接ぎ (つぎ, the continuative form of 接ぐ 'to join, to set'), literally 'bone-setting'.