isopathy

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noun

The system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.

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Meanings

nounisopathy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
  2. historicaluncountablemedicineThe theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.

    if the hearing is affected, Isopathy makes you a night-cap trimmed with the ears of a calf!

    1849, Water-cure Journal
  3. uncountableThe doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.

Origin

From iso- + -pathy.

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APA

isopathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isopathy

MLA

“isopathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isopathy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isopathy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isopathy.

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