homeopathic
adjective
of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
homeopathically
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a word derived from
homeopathic.
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a word derived from
homeopathy.
homeopathynounthe method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
Example Sentences
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Well, as the water will be some time getting ready, and it will do our man no harm to feel serious for a few minutes more, I'll go into it with your reverence homeopathically.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
Taken homeopathically, it may be harmless; but become a habit, a necessity, it must vitiate, enervate, destroy.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
Grant us a monopoly, say the representatives of Hahnemann, and we will grant licenses, throughout the Union, to numerous men who shall be authorized to practice homeopathically and collect our taxes.
From Letters on International Copyright; Second Edition by H. C. (Henry Charles) Carey
Why, the chemist here among us treats people homeopathically, and he has no learned degree whatever.'
From The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
