allopathic medicine

noun

A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy.

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nounallopathic medicine (usually uncountable, plural allopathic medicines)

plural allopathic medicines

  1. uncountableusuallyA system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy.

    Synonyms: allopathy

  2. uncountableusuallyModern Western medicine.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy.

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