homœopath
(ˈhɒm-, ˈhəʊmiːəʊpæθ)
Also homeo-.
[Mod. (= Ger. homöopath 1824, F. homéopathe, 1827 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. homœopathy. Cf. allopath.]
One who practises or advocates homœopathy.
| 1830 Edin. Rev. L. 513 Over a great part of the continent..the dispensers of health and longevity are now known as Homöopaths or Allopaths. 1861 Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 817 According to the homœopaths, gold is of great value in many tertiary lesions. 1883 Nation (N.Y.) XXXVI. 540 The case needed surgical care, which the allopath could give, and the homoeopath could not. |