ALLOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allopathy mean? 

• ALLOPATHY (noun)
  The noun ALLOPATHY has 1 sense:

1. the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself

  Familiarity information: ALLOPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("allopathy" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

Antonym:

homeopathy (a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated)