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.
In the United States, osteopathic physicians holding the D.O. degree have attained the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as physicians with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Osteopathic physicians and non-physician osteopaths are so distinct that in practice they function as separate professions. As originally conceived by Andrew Still, the letters DO stood for Diplomate in Osteopathy and the title conferred by the degree was Doctor of Osteopathy.