allopathic
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌæl.əˈpæθ.ɪk/
- Specialized
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alopático
- The hospital offers a range of treatments, including allopathic approaches to manage symptoms effectively.
- allopathic medicine
When former doctors speak out and start criticizing allopathic medicine, all hell breaks loose.
- When former doctors speak out and start criticizing allopathic medicine, all hell breaks loose.
- So no one is saying you shouldn't take a medication or you shouldn't be using allopathic medicine primarily as what you're doing.
Examples
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Many patients prefer allopathic medicine because it is based on traditional scientific research.
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Allopathic medicine, the dominant practice in Western nations, focuses on the treatment of disease.
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But in the allopathic circles, they refuse to believe there is any such connection.
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The number of allopathic general practitioners practicing in the area was obtained from local medical organizations.
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There were many hospitals in the US that had both allopathic and homeopathic wings.
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Most allopathic physicians are not trained in environmental medicine, and so often symptoms are misdiagnosed.
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When used along with allopathic medicine, these therapies may, in fact, increase the quality of life for patients with arthritis.
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As an allopathic member of the medical profession, Stone was as intent as many male doctors on driving midwives from the field.
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Cultural dissonance and distrust of allopathic medicine and research are frequently identified as factors that discourage contemporary Hawaiians' use of conventional Western health care services.
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In the debate over healthcare, allopathic methods are often contrasted with alternative therapies.
Antonyms
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7.4
A type of medicine that treats illness with very small amounts of natural substances
Surface Forms
Morphology
allopathic = allopathy (semi-transparent) = allo + path + ic
The adjective is regularly formed from the noun 'allopathy' by the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', yielding 'relating to allopathy'.
Etymology
The word allopathic comes from Greek allo- 'other' and pathos 'suffering' or 'disease'. So, allopathic medicine fights a disease by using treatments that cause 'other' effects than the illness, which helps explain why the term describes conventional therapies that act against an illness.