allopathy
(æˈlɒpəθɪ)
[mod. f. (first used in Ger. (allopathie) by Hahnemann) Gr. ἄλλος other, different + -πάθεια, f. πάθος suffering.]
‘The curing of a diseased action by the inducing of another of a different kind, yet not necessarily diseased.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. A term applied by homœopathists to the ordinary or traditional medical practice, and to a certain extent in common use to distinguish it from homœopathy.
| 1842 Black Homœop. i. 2 The term Allopathy, as a general term, is applied to the present prevailing system of medicine. 1863 J. Holland Lett. Joneses xx. 291 No man of sense believes that allopathy is all wrong and homœopathy all right. |