homœopathy
homœopathy is the alternative spelling of homeopathy.
Meaning of homeopathy
Noun
homeopathy (countable and uncountable, plural homeopathies)
- A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
- I am sure that if doctors (for instance) were first taught how to use some of the other methods of homeopathy effectively, particularly the therapeutics and organ-based methods, they would be much more able to incorporate these into their practices […]2004, Ian Watson, A Guide to the Methodologies of Homeopathy, Cutting Edge Publications, →ISBN, page 20
- Antonyms:
- allopathy
Forms of homœopathy
| plural | homœopathies |
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Origin of homœopathy
From homœ- + -o- + -pathy.
Words formed from homœopathy
Questions about homœopathy
- What is homœopathy the alternative spelling of?
- Homœopathy is the alternative spelling of homeopathy.
Words near homœopathy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: homœopathy (page history and authors); homeopathy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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