ALLOP′ATHY

Syn. Allopa′thia , L. (from ἁλλος, other , different , and παθος, affection or disease , Gr.); Allopathie , Fr. In medicine , the method of curing disease by the use of remedies which tend to produce a condition of the system, either differing from, opposed to, or incompatible with the condition believed to be e ential to the disease it is sought to cure. It is commonly employed to distinguish the ordinary system of medical practice from homœopathy (which see). Hence (an) ALLOP′ATHIST , and the corresponding adjective ALLOPATH′IC ( allopath′icus , L.).