allopath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of allopath
1820–30; < German, back formation from Allopathie allopathy
Example Sentences
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He puts your rule the other way, and gets the best patient he can, no matter whether he is a homoeopath or an allopath.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
"You are a homoeopath in theory and an allopath in practice."
From The Water Ghost and Others by Bangs, John Kendrick
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
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
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)
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