homeopathy

noun

ho·​me·​op·​a·​thy ˌhō-mē-ˈä-pə-thē How to pronounce homeopathy (audio) ˌhä- How to pronounce homeopathy (audio)
: a system of alternative medicine that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in larger amounts produce symptoms in healthy persons similar to those of the disease : homeopathic medicine

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According to the National Institutes of Health, there may be safety considerations related to homeopathy. Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 July 2024 Always inform your healthcare provider before starting homeopathy and avoid stopping prescribed medications without their guidance. Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 July 2024 Charles’s interest in homeopathy and alternative medicine has followed him onto the throne. William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 If homeopathy really worked, how would medicine change? Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2013 See all Example Sentences for homeopathy 

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Homöopathie, from homöo- homeo- + -pathie -pathy, after earlier homöopathisch homeopathic

Note: Introduced by Samuel Hahnemann, perhaps first in his Reine Arzneimittellehre, 3. Theil (Dresden, 1817), p. iii ff.

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of homeopathy was in 1826

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“Homeopathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeopathy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

homeopathy

noun
ho·​me·​op·​a·​thy
variants or British homoeopathy
plural homeopathies or British homoeopathies
: a system of alternative medicine that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in larger amounts produce symptoms in healthy persons similar to those of the disease : homeopathic medicine

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