allopathy

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pharmaceutics pharmacology dietetics surgery cure healing pharmacy homeopathy formulary therapeutics pharmacopoeia chiropractic chirurgery heteropathy

Antonyms

homeopathy homoeopathy

Hypernyms

medical care medical aid

Anagrams

lalopathy

Examples

HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they can not. Ambrose Bierce

Close letter words and terms

allopathically allopathist allopathogen allopatric allopatric speciation allopatrically