allopathy

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈlɒp.ə.θi/
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/əˈlɒp.ə.θi/ · /ˈæl.oʊˌpæθ.i/ · /əˈlo.pə.t̪ʰi/

Definition of allopathy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
  2. (countable)Conventional Western medicine; a method or treatment therein.

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term.

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