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homeopathy


homeopathy [hoh-mee-op-uh-thee] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. the 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).

Origin of homeopathy First recorded in 1820–30; homeo- + -pathy Examples from the Web for homeopathy Historical Examples of homeopathy

  • But he was furious and sulphurous, and that is why I have changed to homeopathy.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)

    Various

  • I thought that homeopathy—similia, etc.—had done away with both of them.

    Backlog Studies

    Charles Dudley Warner

  • Like Voltaire, he was tolerant—except toward Calvinism and Homeopathy.

    The American Spirit in Literature,

    Bliss Perry

  • As a member of the College of Physicians I’ve felt that way about homeopathy and the faith-cure.

    Lin McLean

    Owen Wister

  • Homeopathy taught her that in the higher attenuations of its drugs, “matter is rarefied to its fatal essence, mortal mind.”

    The Church of St. Bunco

    Gordon Clark

  • British Dictionary definitions for homeopathy homeopathy homoeopathy noun

    1. a method of treating disease by the use of small amounts of a drug that, in healthy persons, produces symptoms similar to those of the disease being treatedCompare allopathy

    Derived Formshomeopathic or homoeopathic (ˌhəʊmɪəˈpæθɪk), adjectivehomeopathically or homoeopathically, adverbhomeopathist or homoeopathist (ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθɪst) or homeopath or homoeopath (ˈhəʊmɪəˌpæθ), noun Word Origin and History for homeopathy n.

    1830, from German Homöopathie, coined 1824 by German physician Samuel Friedrich Hahnemann (1755-1843) from Greek homoios “like, similar, of the same kind” (see homeo-) + -patheia (see -pathy).

    homeopathy in Medicine homeopathy [hō′mē-ŏp′ə-thē] n.

    1. A system for treating disease based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive amounts produces symptoms in healthy persons similar to those of the disease.

    Related formsho′me•o•path′ic (-ə-păth′ĭk) adj.ho′me•o•path′ null n. homeopathy in Science homeopathy [hō′mē-ŏp′ə-thē]

    1. A nontraditional system for treating and preventing disease, in which minute amounts of a substance that in large amounts causes disease symptoms are given to healthy individuals. This is thought to enhance the body’s natural defenses.

    homeopathy in Culture homeopathy [(hoh-mee-op-uh-thee)]

    A system of treating disease in which small doses of certain substances are administered; in large doses, given to a healthy person, these substances would produce the symptoms of the disease. The principles of homeopathy do not enjoy widespread acceptance in the medical community.

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