allopathy
allopathy · allopathies
аллопатия
Allopathie, Schulmedizin
A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the…A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
UK/əˈlɒp.ə.θi/US/ˈæl.oʊˌpæθ.i/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
(countable)Conventional Western medicine; a method or treatment therein.
Allopathie, Schulmedizin, Allopathie
аллопатияallopatija
More definitions
- the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
historical: alternative medicine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
traditional medical method or treatment:
Origin
Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term.Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term.
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Forms
plural: allopathies| Singular | allopathy |
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Synonyms
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