homeopathic

Variant of homeopathy

homeopathy definition

ho·meopa·thy (hō′mē äp′ə t̸hē)

noun

a system of medical treatment based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving very small doses of drugs which in a healthy person would produce symptoms like those of the disease

Etymology: Ger homöopathie, lit., likeness of feeling (see homeo- & -pathy): coined (c. 1800) by (Christian Friedrich) Samuel Hahnemann

Related Forms:

  • homeopathic ho′meo·path′ic (-ə pat̸h′ik) adjective

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