Look up: Allopathy

1. allopathy
   [n] - the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
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2. Allopathy
   The treatment of disease by creating conditions that are opposite or hostile to the conditions resulting from the disease itself; from Greek roots meaning other and disease. Drugs and surgery are allopathic treatments. The term is sometimes used to refer to conventional Western medicine to contrast it with alternative therapies, particularly homeo…
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3. Allopathy
   Allopathy: The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment. MDs practice allopathic medicine. The term 'allopathy' was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate the usual practice of m...
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4. Allopathy
   Al·lop'a·thy noun [ Greek ... other + ... suffering, ..., ..., to suffer: confer German allopathie , French allopathie . See Pathos .] That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce...
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5. allopathy
   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. ... Origin: Gr. Other + suffering, to suf...
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6. allopathy
   noun the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
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7. Allopathy
   • (n.) 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.
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8. allopathy
   allopathy 1. Substitutive therapy; a therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first (homeopathy). 2. A method of treating a disease by introducing a condition that is intended to cause a pathologic reaction whi...
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9. Allopathy
   Allopathy is the mode of curing diseases by using medicines which produce in the system a condition contrary to that of the disease. The term was first used by Hahnemann to indicate the methods of orthodox medicine.
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10. allopathy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: al-op′ă-thē Definitions: 1. Conventional or orthodox medical practice. Synonyms: heteropathy2, substitutive therapy
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