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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
homeopathy \homeop"athy\, n. gr. ? likeness of condition or
feeling; ? like fr. ? same; cf. same + ? to suffer: cf.
f. hom'eopathie. see pathos. med.
the art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and
its practice that disease is cured tuto, cito, et jucunde
by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar
to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient
suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute
doses. this system was founded by dr. samuel hahnemann, and
is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. written also
homoeopathy.
1913 webster
see also:
same pathos allopathy heteropathy homoeopathy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
homeopathy
n : a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies
that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce
symptoms similar to those being treated syn: homoeopathy
ant: allopathy
see also:
homoeopathy allopathy
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