allopathy

English

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.
  • (countable) A conventional Western medical method or treatment.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allopathie.

Origin

German (Berlin)

Allopathie

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