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Webster 1913 Edition

Heteropathy

Hetˊer-op′a-thy

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Noun.

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(Med.)

That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.

Definition 2024

heteropathy

heteropathy

English

Noun

heteropathy ‎(plural heteropathies)

Unusual or abnormal sensitivity to stimuli.
The normal method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself.

Synonyms

allopathy (2)

Antonyms

homeopathy (2)

Derived terms

heteropathic

Anagrams

theotherapy