noun
Traditional Japanese practice of manually treating fractures and dislocations, often without surgery. The practitioner is called 骨接ぎ師 or 接骨師.
祖父は骨接ぎの名人で、近所の人がよく骨折の治療に来ていた。
My grandfather was a master of bonesetting, and neighbors often came to him for fracture treatment.
柔道整復師は骨接ぎの技術を学ぶ。
Judo therapists learn bonesetting techniques.
Compound of 骨 (ほね, 'bone') and 接ぎ (つぎ, the continuative form of 接ぐ 'to join, to set'), literally 'bone-setting'.