ALLOPATHY
\alˈɒpəθɪ], \alˈɒpəθɪ], \a_l_ˈɒ_p_ə_θ_ɪ]\
Definitions of ALLOPATHY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
By Princeton University
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the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A method of treating disease by inducing an action opposite to the disease it is sought to cure: distinguished from homeopathy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The opposite to homoeopathy; or, according to Hahnemann, a method of treatment in which remedial agents are employed, the action of which, on healthy man, produces morbid phenomena different from those that are observed in the sick person. The ordinary medical practice is so designated by the homoeopathist.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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