allopath

[ al-uh-path ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

allopath

/ ˈæləˌpæθ; əˈlɒpəθɪst /

1820–30; < German, back formation from Allopathie allopathy

We are not supposed to like medicine, declared Aunty Rose, being a confirmed allopath.

She had tried several physicians, among them an allopath, who gave hypodermic injections of morphia, without relief.

For instance, are you allopath, or a homœopath, or some hitherto untrodden path?

He had been at first treated by an allopath, then, afterwards, by a homœopath.

To the allopath this is a "curious effect" merely, and serves to condemn the drug.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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