allopathy

American  

[uh-lop-uh-thee] / əˈlɒp ə θi /

noun

1. the method of treating disease by the use of agents that produce effects different from those of the disease treated (opposed to homeopathy).

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allopathy British  

/ əˈlɒpəθɪ, ˌæləˈpæθɪk /

noun

1. the orthodox medical method of treating disease, by inducing a condition different from or opposed to the cause of the disease Compare homeopathy

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Other Word Forms

• allopathic
  adjective
• allopathically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of allopathy

From the German word Allopathie, dating back to 1835–45. See allo-, -pathy

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• homeopathy vs. allopathy

Example Sentences

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allopathy

The 60 million Americans who take gentle, time-proven herbs are trying to avoid the perils of allopathy and pharmaceuticals.

From Time Magazine Archive

She investigated allopathy, homeopathy, and electricity, without finding a clew; and modern philosophy gave her no distinct statement of the science of mind healing.

From Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) by Eddy, Mary Baker

I told him in plain words he would be better off rollin' allopathy pills.

From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Butler, Ellis Parker

Your letters would be antidotal, and thus, by a sort of mental allopathy, beneficial.

From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by More, Paul Elmer

It is the favorite laxative and cathartic of allopathy.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry