About The Word Homeopathy
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Homeopathy
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What's The Definition Of Homeopathy?
[n] a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
Synonyms | Synonyms for Homeopathy: homoeopathy Related Terms | Find terms related to Homeopathy: See Also | medical aid | medical care Homeopathy In Webster's Dictionary \Ho*me*op"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? likeness of condition or
feeling; ? like (fr. ? same; cf. {Same}) + ? to suffer: cf.
F. hom['e]opathie. See {Pathos}.] (Med.)
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and
its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde)
by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar
to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient
suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute
doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and
is opposed to {allopathy}, or {heteropathy}. [Written also
{hom[oe]opathy}.]
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