homeopathy — Homeopathy is a system of medicine that aims to relieve suffering, to heal and to cure. It is based on a very simple natural principle: ‘like cures like’. Hippocrates first referred to its principles in the fourth century BC, and the German… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
homeopathy — 1830, from Ger. Homöopathie, coined 1824 by German physician Samuel Friedrich Hahnemann (1755 1843) from Gk. homoios like, similar, of the same kind (see HOMEO (Cf. homeo )) + patheia (see PATHY (Cf. pathy)) … Etymology dictionary
homeopathy — (also homoeopathy) ► NOUN ▪ a system of complementary medicine in which disease is treated by minute doses of natural substances that in large quantities would produce symptoms of the disease. DERIVATIVES homeopathic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek… … English terms dictionary
homeopathy — [hō΄mē äp′ə thē] n. [Ger homöopathie, lit., likeness of feeling (see HOMEO & PATHY): coined ( c. 1800) by HAHNEMANN (Christian Friedrich) Samuel] a system of medical treatment based on the theory that certain diseases can be cured by giving very… … English World dictionary
Homeopathy — Homeopathy: coined in German from Greek hómoios ὅμοιος like + páthos πάθος suffering Oxford English Dictionary … Wikipedia
homeopathy — /hoh mee op euh thee/, n. the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy). [1820 30; HOMEO + PATHY] * * * System of… … Universalium
Homeopathy — A system of therapy founded in the 19th century based on the concept that disease can be treated with drugs (in minute doses) thought capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself. * * * A system of therapy… … Medical dictionary
homeopathy — ho|me|op|a|thy [ ,houmi apəθi ] noun uncount a way of treating illness by giving small amounts of natural substances that in large amounts would cause the illness. It is a form of COMPLEMENTARY medicine. A person who treats people using… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
homeopathy — [[t]ho͟ʊmiɒ̱pəθi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Homeopathy is a way of treating an illness in which the patient is given very small amounts of a drug that produces signs of the illness in healthy people. (in BRIT, also use homoeopathy) … English dictionary
homeopathy — homoeopathy; n. a complementary therapy based on the theory that like cures like . It involves treating a condition with a tiny dose of a substance that in larger doses would normally cause or aggravate that condition. The dose is made smaller by … The new mediacal dictionary
