Depending on the internal quality of parts in water heater and whether you have followed maintenance schedule of draining and flushing the tank every year. You can expect a hot water heater to last between 8 to12 years. Water heater problems normally become self-evident: A hot water faucet fails to summon hot water, you see dripping or puddles near the water heater, or the tank emits strange gurgling or popping sounds.
Definitions for doctor of osteopathy. This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word doctor of osteopathy. Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Doctor of Osteopathy, DO(noun) doctor's degree in osteopathy.
For the American Medical practice of osteopathic physicians in the United States, see Osteopathic medicine in the United States. For diseases of the bone, see bone disease and osteology. Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes the physical manipulation of the body's muscle tissue and bones.Its name derives from Ancient Greek bone (á½ÏÏÎ­Î¿Î½) and disease of (-ÏÎ¬Î¸ÎµÎ¹Î±),he term osteopathy was coined by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO. Still was a physician and surgeon, Kansas state and territorial legislator, a free state leader, and one of the founders of Baker University, who lived near Baldwin City, Kansas at the time of the American Civil War.