“allopathy”的英英意思

单词 allopathy
释义 allopathy|æˈlɒpəθɪ|
[mod. f. (first used in Ger. (allopathie) by Hahnemann) Gr. ἄλλος other, different + -πάθεια, f. πάθος suffering.]
‘The curing of a diseased action by the inducing of another of a different kind, yet not necessarily diseased.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. A term applied by homœopathists to the ordinary or traditional medical practice, and to a certain extent in common use to distinguish it from homœopathy.
1842Black Homœop. i. 2 The term Allopathy, as a general term, is applied to the present prevailing system of medicine.1863J. Holland Lett. Joneses xx. 291 No man of sense believes that allopathy is all wrong and homœopathy all right.

 

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