allopathic

/ (ˌæləˈpæθɪk) /

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adjective

of, relating to, or used in allopathy

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Derived forms of allopathic

allopathically, adverb

Words nearby allopathic

all on, all one, allonge, allonym, allopath, allopathic, allopathy, allopatric, allopelagic, allophanamide, allophane

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How to use allopathic in a sentence

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 Health|Moises Velasquez-Manoff|September 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Pneumonia followed; physicians came with torments of plasters and allopathic dosings that brought no relief.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
The best way to settle the quarrel between capital and labor is by allopathic doses of Peter-Cooperism.
How to Succeed|Orison Swett Marden
But the dose does us good; and (for it is an allopathic remedy), the greater the dose, the greater is the benefit to be derived.
The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Under-Graduate|Cuthbert Bede

Witness Job, whose wife had nothing to prescribe for his carbuncles but allopathic doses of profanity!
The Wedding Ring|T. De Witt Talmage
I prescribe for the cure of this mighty evil of the world a large allopathic dose of Peter Cooperism.
Brave Men and Women|O.E. Fuller