homotoxicology

9.9

A system that says disease comes from toxins in the body and treats it with very diluted medicines

noun
/ˌhoʊmoʊtɪkˈsɒkələdʒi/

Specialized

: homotoxicología

Some practitioners use homotoxicology to interpret chronic illnesses as accumulations of toxins in the body.

Examples

Dr. Smith specializes in homotoxicology and alternative treatments.
She attended a seminar to learn more about homotoxicology and its use in alternative therapy.
The theory behind homotoxicology has been widely criticized by mainstream medical professionals.
Many practitioners believe homotoxicology can help with chronic illnesses.
She attended a seminar to learn more about homotoxicology and how it analyzes illnesses related to toxin buildup.
Some practitioners in alternative medicine use homotoxicology to explain chronic conditions through the lens of detoxification.
Dr. Smith integrates homotoxicology into her practice, focusing on the removal of toxins to improve health.

Synonyms

homeopathy

vshomotoxicology

25 9.0

A way of treating illness using very small amounts of substances that cause similar symptoms in healthy people

focuses on body's failure to remove toxins as the disease cause

Surface Forms

homotoxicology singular

homotoxicologies plural

Morphology

homotoxicology = toxicology (opaque) = homo + toxic + ology

Although the word visibly contains recognizable parts related to 'toxicology,' the specialized alternative-medicine meaning is not directly predictable from those components.

Etymology

Homotoxicology breaks into homo-, toxic, and -ology, where toxic means 'poison' and -ology means 'study'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of it as the 'study of poisons in the body', which explains why the word is used for a system that sees illness as the body's trouble removing toxins.