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ho·me·op·a·thy 
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| 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). |
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Homeopathy
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| ho·me·op·a·thy
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n. pl. ho·me·op·a·thies A system for treating disease based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive amounts produces symptoms in healthy individuals similar to those of the disease itself. ho'me·o·path' (-ə-pāth'), ho'me·op'a·thist n., ho'me·o·path'ic adj., ho'me·o·path'i·cal·ly adv. |
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homeopathy
1830, from Ger. Homöopathie, coined 1824 in Ger. by Ger. physician Samuel Friedrich Hahnemann (1755-1843) from Gk. homoios "like, similar, of the same kind" (an expanded form of homos "same;" see same) + -patheia "effect," from pathos "suffering" (see pathos).
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| homeopathy | |
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| a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated [ant: allopathy] |
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| homeopathy
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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. |
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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.
[Chapter:] Medicine and Health
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homeopathy
Al*lop"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? other + ? suffering, ?, ?, to suffer: cf. G. allopathie, F. allopathie. See Pathos.] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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