allopathy
pronunciation
How to pronounce allopathy in British English:
UK [æ'lɒpəθɪ]
How to pronounce allopathy in American English:
US [æ'lɒpəθɪ]
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- Noun:
- the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
Word Origin
- allopathy
- allopathy: see homeopathy
- allopathy (n.)
- 1842, "treatment of disease by remedies that produce effects opposite to the symptoms," from German Allopathie (Hahnemann), from Greek allos "other" (see alias (adv.)) + -patheia, "suffering, disease, feeling" (see -pathy). The term applied by homeopathists to traditional medicine.