HOMEOPATHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeopathic mean? 

• HOMEOPATHIC (adjective)
  The adjective HOMEOPATHIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the practice of homeopathy

  Familiarity information: HOMEOPATHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOPATHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the practice of homeopathy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

homeopathic medicine

Antonym:

allopathic (of or relating to the practice of allopathy)

Pertainym:

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)

 Context examples 

A homeopathic remedy derived from the venom of the bushmaster snake, Lachesis Muta, found in Central and South America.

(Lachesis Venom, NCI Thesaurus)

Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 1000 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.

(Millesimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)

A category specifying that a product is marketed as unapproved homeopathic product.

(Marketed as Unapproved Homeopathic Product, NCI Thesaurus)

It is commonly used in thermometers and amalgams, and has been used as an ingredient in some homeopathic medicines and in very small amounts as a preservative in viral vaccines.

(Mercury, NCI Dictionary)

A solid composed of sucrose, lactose, or other polysaccharides formed into small globular pellets of uniform size which can be classified as homeopathic.

(Homeopathic Globule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit that is based on homeopathic dilution.

(Homeopathic Dilution Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 100 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.

(Centesimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)

A homeopathic herbal formulation with potential anti-emetic activity.

(Cocculus/Nux vomica/Tabacum/Petroleum Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 10 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.

(Decimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)

Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 100 parts of water; a faster and cost-effective dilution method developed by Semyon Korsakov.

(Centesimal Korsakovian Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)