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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
IS A
medical care
pejorative
ANTONYM
homeopathy
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
FACET OF
alternative medicine
homeopathy
OPPOSITE OF
homeopathy
naturopathy
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
academic medicine
pharmacotherapy
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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allopathy
Wikipedia
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allopathic medicine
Wikidata
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allopathic medicine
Wiktionary
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allopathic medicine, allopathy
OmegaWiki
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allopathy
Wikipedia Redirections
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allopath, allopathic, allopathic medical school, Allopathic Medicine, Allopathic physician, Allopathic residency training, Allopathist, allopathy, History of allopathic medicine
Wikidata Alias
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allopathy, Alternative term for "Evidence-based medicine", evidence-based medicine, pejorative term used to describe scientific systems of medicine by proponents of alternative medicine, term used to distinguish westerm evidence-based medicine from other systems

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