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allopathetic

allopathetic adjective: involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.

Adjective

allopathetic (comparative more allopathetic, superlative most allopathetic)

  1. Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
    • Mrs B., the mother of a family, had been subject to epilepsy for seven years, and notwithstanding every variety of treatment, allopathetic and homœpathetic, she had an attack at least once a month.1843, James Braid, Neurypnology, page 246
    • The allopathetic doctor, he allowed stimulants; and the homypathetic man, he advised cocoa and weak tea; and the water-doctor would hear of nothing but water, which naturally she is averse to, having scarcely tasted it in all her life.1883, Emma Jane Worboise, “Clare’s Welcome”, in The Abbey Mill, London: James Clarke & Co., […]; Hodder & Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 386

Forms of allopathetic

comparativemore allopathetic
superlativemost allopathetic

Origin of allopathetic

From allopathy + -etic.

Questions about allopathetic

What does allopathetic mean?
Allopathetic means involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
What part of speech is allopathetic?
Allopathetic is an adjective.

Words near allopathetic in the dictionary

  1. alloparental
  2. alloparenting
  3. alloparents
  4. allopaternal
  5. allopath
  6. allopathetic
  7. allopathic
  8. allopathic medicine
  9. allopathic medicines
  10. allopathically
  11. allopathies

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