What does "allopathy" mean?

A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect.

How do you pronounce "allopathy"?

Pronounced //əˈlɒp.ə.θi//.

Common synonyms include: chiropractic, conventional medicine, modern medicine, western medicine.

/əˈlɒp.ə.θi/ noun

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Noun

1
A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect. uncountable
2
the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself wordnet
3
Conventional Western medicine; a method or treatment therein. countable

Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term.