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ho·me·op·a·thy 
[hoh-mee-op-uh-thee] Pronunciation Key
[hoh-mee-op-uh-thee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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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| ho·me·op·a·thy
(hō'mē-ŏp'ə-thē) Pronunciation Key
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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homeopathy
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| homeopathy | |
noun | |
| 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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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| homeopathy
(hō'mē-ŏp'ə-thē) Pronunciation Key
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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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
homeopathy [(hoh-mee-op-uh-thee)]
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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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ho'me·o·path'ic (-ə-pāth'ĭk) adj.
ho'me·o·path' or ho'me·op'a·thist n.
homeopathy ho·me·op·a·thy (hō'mē-ŏp'ə-thē)
n.
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.
ho'me·o·path'ic (-ə-pāth'ĭk) adj.
ho'me·o·path' or ho'me·op'a·thist n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Homeopathy
Ho*me*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? likeness of condition or feeling; ? like (fr. ? same; cf. Same) + ? to suffer: cf. F. hom['e]opathie. 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 hom[oe]opathy.]
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