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⚡ To energize 💊 To activate medicine
to dynamize

to dynamize

9.9
To try to make a medicine work better by diluting and shaking it
  • verb
  • /ˈdaɪnəˌmaɪz/
  • Specialized
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  • Supporters of homeopathy believe you must dynamize drugs to unlock their healing powers.

Examples

  • The controversial remedy was said to be dynamized through repeated dilution and shaking.

  • Some practitioners claim that succussing a solution will dynamize the medicine, making it more potent.

  • The pharmacist dynamizes the remedies before dispensing them.

  • Don't forget to dynamize the solution before use!

  • Some practitioners claim that succussing a solution will dynamize the medicine, making it more potent.

  • Supporters of homeopathy believe you must dynamize drugs to unlock their healing powers.

  • Don't forget to dynamize the solution before use!

Synonyms

to potentiate
vsto dynamize
  • Specialized
1 9.0

To make a drug or treatment work more strongly

is achieved by a special believed activation process used in homeopathy

Antonyms

to deactivate
63 3.9

To make a device, system, or account stop working

dilute
1 4.2

A liquid that is weaker after adding water

Surface Forms

dynamize infinitive
dynamized past
dynamized past participle
dynamizing present participle
dynamizes third person singular

Morphology

dynamize = dynamic (semi-transparent) = dynam + ize

Morphologically derived from 'dynamic' + '-ize', but the homeopathic technical sense ('potentize' or 'activate' a remedy) is specialized and not predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Dynamize comes from the Greek root dynamis 'power' and was used in homeopathy to mean 'make active'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to imagine people shaking and diluting a solution to 'wake up' its power, so to dynamize a drug is to try to make it stronger.