allopathy
[uh-lop-uh-thee]
- 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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Origin of allopathy
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Contemporary Examples of allopathic
The pesky hanger-on evidently possessed an understanding of my immune system that allopathic medicine has yet to match.
An Epidemic of Absence: Destroying the Bugs in Our Bodies Can Be Dangerous to Our HealthMoises Velasquez-Manoff
September 9, 2012
Historical Examples of allopathic
We'll give 'em medicine in allopathic doses, and it will be a case of 'kill or cure.'
Bert Wilson on the GridironJ. W. Duffield
But up to seven I lived exclusively on allopathic medicines.
Mark Twain's SpeechesMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
"There's an allopathic physician at Corbitant," said Grace passively.
Dr. Breen's PracticeWilliam Dean Howells
That comes of avoiding all allopathic messes like the devil.
Lady Rose's DaughterMrs. Humphry Ward
Pneumonia followed; physicians came with torments of plasters and allopathic dosings that brought no relief.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
allopathic
- of, relating to, or used in allopathy
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allopathy
- the orthodox medical method of treating disease, by inducing a condition different from or opposed to the cause of the diseaseCompare homeopathy
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Word Origin and History for allopathic
1830, from French allopathique (see allopathy). Related: Allopathically.
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allopathy
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
allopathy
(ə-lŏp′ə-thē)- A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects antagonistic to those caused by the disease itself.
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