Allopathetic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.

    "Mrs B., the mother of a family, had been subject to epilepsy for seven years, and notwithstanding every variety of treatment, allopathetic and homœpathetic, she had an attack at least once a month."

Example

More examples

"Mrs B., the mother of a family, had been subject to epilepsy for seven years, and notwithstanding every variety of treatment, allopathetic and homœpathetic, she had an attack at least once a month."

Etymology

From allopathy + -etic.

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