allopathic, a.
(æləʊˈpæθɪk)
[ad. mod.Fr. allopathique: see allopathy and -ic. Due to form-assoc. with words like botanie, botanique, etc., and not derivable from Gr. παθικός passive.]
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
| 1830 Edin. Rev. L. 513 The allopathic..method..hopes to cure disease by exciting some dissimilar affection. 1844 T. Graham Dom. Med. 330 Some of the allopathic school, who order poisons every day, and almost wholesale. 1870 Daily News 29 Sept., Various medical journals of the allopathic profession. |