allopathy

(ə-lŏp'ə-thē)
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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(ə-lŏp'ə-thē)
n.

A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects antagonistic to those caused by the disease itself.

al'lo·path'ic (ăl'ə-păth'ĭk) adj.

in homeopathy, the use of treatments that are unrelated to the disease process itself.

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• Disciplines and Specialties - allopathy: treatment by remedies that produce effects opposite those of disease, as in general practice of contemporary medicine

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