HOMOEOPATHY


Meaning of HOMOEOPATHY in English

n. (US homeopathy) the treatment of disease by minute doses of drugs that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of the disease (cf. ALLOPATHY).

Derivatives:

homoeopathic adj. homoeopathist n.

Etymology: G Hom{ouml}opathie f. Gk homoios like + patheia -PATHY

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.