allopathy

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Definition of allopathy in English Turkish dictionary

allopati

alopati

(Tıp) Bir hastalığı tabiatın aksi karakterdeki bir hastalıkla yenmek

(Tıp) Vücuttaki bozuk olan bir faaliyeti mukabili olan diğer faaliyeti uyartarak düzeltmek

{i} zıt tedavi usulü

{i} alopati [tıp.]

Related Terms

traditional medicine

Geleneksel tıp

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Definition of allopathy in English English dictionary

a traditional medical method or treatment

traditional medicine

- the homeopathic term for conventional medicine

*: A medical practice which aims to treat disease by the use of methods that produce effects different from those caused by the disease

is in opposition to Homoeopathy The latter word is from the Greek, homoeon pathos, similar disease; and the former is allo pathos, a different disease In one case, "like is to cure like"; and in the latter, the disease is cured by its "antidote "

The treatment of disease by a substance that bears no relationship to the signs/symptoms of the disease This term is sometimes erroneously used to describe many modern conventional drugs If it has any beneficial effects, it operates by distraction of the body's reaction to disease

Often misdefined as Orthodox medical treatment, allopathic medicine treats a condition with its opposite For example, a high fever would be addressed by trying to cool the body Conversely, Homeopathy treats like with like

the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself

the treatment of disease by using medicines that oppose the presenting symptoms

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy

a practitioner of traditional medicine

{i} treatment of diseases using substances that cause different effects from that of the disease itself

Hyphenation

al·lop·a·thy

Etymology

() allo- + -pathy – term coined by Samuel Hahnemann (the founder of homeopathy) as a pejorative term to indicate medicine that in his opinion treated something "other than" the disharmony that caused the disease.