Look up: Isopathy


  1. Isopathy
    I·sop'a·thy noun [ Iso- + Greek ... suffering.] (Medicine) (a) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease. (b) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous orga...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/102

  2. isopathy
    <medicine> The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease. ... The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal. ... The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease. ... Origin...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?isopathy

  3. Isopathy
    • (n.) The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease. • (n.) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease. • (n.) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal....
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  4. isopathy
    isopathy 1. The theory that disease may be cured by a product of the disease, as small-pox by application of the variolous matter. 2. The popular notion that disease in a particular organ may be cured by eating the same organ of a healthy animal. 3. A method of treating disease by administering prod...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2729/9

  5. isopathy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ī-sop′ă-thē Definitions: 1. Treatment of disease by means of the causal agent or a product of the same disease; or treatment of a diseased organ by an extract of a similar organ from a healthy animal.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=45937

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