allopath

American  

[al-uh-path] / ˈæl əˌpæθ /

Also allopathist

noun

1. a person who practices or favors allopathy.

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allopath British  

/ əˈlɒpəθɪst, ˈæləˌpæθ /

noun

1. a person who practises or is skilled in allopathy

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Etymology

Origin of allopath

1820–30; < German, back formation from Allopathie allopathy

Example Sentences

An allopath uses remedies which create within the patient a condition that squarely conflicts with the further progress of the disease.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)

Any physician who proclaims himself a follower of any special doctrine, be he a hydropath, an electropath, an allopath, a homoeopath, or any other path, should be viewed with suspicion.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

And he poured between the protesting lips of Thomas Cathcart Blake a nauseating draught of something that was most malodorous; for Dr. DeLancey was an allopath, and a good one.

From A Fool There Was by Browne, Porter Emerson

“We are not supposed to like medicine,” declared Aunty Rose, being a confirmed allopath.

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore

If, for instance, there is a catarrhal affection of the serous and mucous membranes of the respiratory tract accompanied by fever, the allopath will give quinine in large doses to change this condition.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry