n.
A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects different from those caused by the disease itself.
[German Allopathie : Greek allos, other; see allo- + Greek patheia, suffering; see -pathy.]
allopathic al'lo·path'ic (ăl'ə-păth'ĭk) adj.allopathically al'lo·path'i·cal·ly adv.
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