• (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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<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: Iso- + Gr. Suffering. ... Source: Websters Dicti...
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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 organ of a healthy animal.
Mayne. (c) ...
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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.
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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 products of the disease or portions of the affected or...
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