"allopathy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: allopathies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Allopathie}} German Allopathie, {{confix|en|allo|pathy}} allo- + -pathy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allopathy (countable and uncountable, plural allopathies)
  1. (uncountable, originally) A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-allopathy-en-noun-mUSfMN4b Disambiguation of Medicine: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with allo-, English terms suffixed with -pathy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with allo-: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pathy: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21
  2. (countable) Conventional Western medicine; a method or treatment therein. Tags: countable Synonyms: allopathic medicine Translations (traditional medical method or treatment): allopaattinen hoito (Finnish), Allopathie [feminine] (German), Schulmedizin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-allopathy-en-noun-fwfIElK1 Disambiguation of 'traditional medical method or treatment': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: allœopathy Derived forms: allopath, allopathetic, allopathic, allopathically, allopathist, allopathogen Translations (historical: alternative medicine): allopatia (Finnish), Allopathie [feminine] (German), alopatia [feminine] (Polish), аллопатия (allopatija) [feminine] (Russian), allopati (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'historical: alternative medicine': 55 45

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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