homeopathy

homeopathy

English

Alternative forms

• homoeopathy, homœopathy

Etymology

From German Homöopathie, equivalent to English homeo- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθi/, /ˌhɒmɪˈɒpəθi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhomiˈɑpəθi/, /ˌhɑmiˈɑpəθi/

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Noun

homeopathy (countable and uncountable, plural homeopathies)

1. A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.

   Antonym: allopathy

   • 2004, Ian Watson, A Guide to the Methodologies of Homeopathy, Cutting Edge Publications, →ISBN, page 20:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• homeopath
• homeopathic
• homeopathically
• homeopathist

 

Translations

system of treating diseases with very small amounts

Arabic: مُعَالَجَة مَثَلِيَّة‎ f (muʿālaja maṯaliyya) Armenian: հոմեոպաթիա (hy) (homeopatʿia) Basque: homeopatia Bulgarian: хомеопатия f (homeopatija) Catalan: homeopatia f Chinese: Mandarin: 順勢療法／顺势疗法 (zh) (shùnshì liáofǎ) Czech: homeopatie f Danish: homøopati c Dutch: homeopathie (nl) f Esperanto: homeopatio Finnish: homeopatia (fi) French: homéopathie (fr) f Georgian: ჰომეოპათია (homeoṗatia) German: Homöopathie (de) f Greek: ομοιοπαθητική (el) f (omoiopathitikí) Hebrew: הומאופתיה‎ (homeopatia) Hindi: होमियोपैथी (hi) f (homiyopaithī) Hungarian: homeopátia (hu) Irish: hoiméapaite f Italian: omeopatia (it) f Japanese: ホメオパシー (homeopashii) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 동종요법 (ko) (dongjong'yobeop) Lao: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: homeopatija Norwegian: Bokmål: homøopati m Nynorsk: homøopati m Persian: همسان درمانی‎ (hamsân darmâni) Polish: homeopatia (pl) f Portuguese: homeopatia (pt) f Romanian: homeopatie (ro) Russian: гомеопа́тия (ru) f (gomeopátija) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: homeopatija (sh) f Slovene: homeopatija f Spanish: homeopatía (es) f Swedish: homeopati (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Urdu: معالجہ المثلیہ‎ (maljeh al-methiliyeh) Vietnamese: vi lượng đồng căn, vi lượng đồng căn liệu pháp

See also

• naturopathy