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Noun Concept
Categories: Medical terminology
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allopathy  allopathic medicine  allopath  allopathic  allopathic medical school
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The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself WordNet 3.0
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The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine. Wikipedia
Term for science-based, modern medicine, used pejoratively to describe scientific systems of medicine by proponents of alternative medicine or to distinguish 'Western' evidence-based medicine from other systems Wikidata
A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects different from those caused by the disease itself. OmegaWiki
A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy. Wiktionary
A conventional Western medical method or treatment. Wiktionary