Relating to the practice of treating disease by using substances or methods that produce effects opposite or different to the disease's symptoms.
From allo- (other) + -path (disease) + -ic. Coined by homeopaths in the 1800s as a term for conventional Western medicine.
Allopathic medicine is what most modern hospitals use—if you have a fever, you take something to lower it, not something homeopathic practitioners claim will raise it further.
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