allopath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of allopath
1820–30; < German, back formation from Allopathie allopathy
Example Sentences
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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)
The allopath travels around a race-track in the opposite direction from the disease, and thwarts it through a head-on collision.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
He had been at first treated by an allopath, then, afterwards, by a homœopath.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
In modern times doctors have disagreed with each other often enough to warrant laymen in questioning the infallibility of any individual healer or any sect, whether homeopath, allopath, eclectic, osteopath, or scientist.
From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.
"You are a homoeopath in theory and an allopath in practice."
From The Water Ghost and Others by Bangs, John Kendrick
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