homeopathy

English

Alternative forms

• homoeopathy, homœopathy

Etymology

From German Homöopathie, equivalent to English homeo- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθi/, /ˌhɒmɪˈɒpəθi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhomiˈɑpəθi/, /ˌhɑmiˈɑpəθi/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

homeopathy (countable and uncountable, plural homeopathies)

1. A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.

   Antonym: allopathy

   • 2004, Ian Watson, A Guide to the Methodologies of Homeopathy, Cutting Edge Publications, →ISBN, page 20:

     I am sure that if doctors (for instance) were first taught how to use some of the other methods of homeopathy effectively, particularly the therapeutics and organ-based methods, they would be much more able to incorporate these into their practices […]

Derived terms

• homeopath
• homeopathic
• homeopathically
• homeopathist

 

Translations

system of treating diseases with very small amounts

• Arabic: مُعَالَجَة مَثَلِيَّة f (muʕālaja maṯaliyya)
• Armenian: հոմեոպաթիա (hy) (homeopatʻia)
• Basque: homeopatia
• Bulgarian: хомеопатия f (homeopatija)
• Catalan: homeopatia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順勢療法／顺势疗法 (zh) (shùnshì liáofǎ)

• Czech: homeopatie f
• Danish: homøopati c
• Dutch: homeopathie (nl) f
• Esperanto: homeopatio
• Finnish: homeopatia (fi)
• French: homéopathie (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰომეოპათია (homeoṗatia)
• German: Homöopathie (de) f
• Greek: ομοιοπαθητική (el) f (omoiopathitikí)
• Hebrew: הומאופתיה (homeopatia)
• Hindi: होमियोपैथी (hi) f (homiyopaithī)
• Hungarian: homeopátia (hu)
• Irish: hoiméapaite f
• Italian: omeopatia (it) f
• Japanese: ホメオパシー (homeopashii)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 동종요법 (ko) (dongjong'yobeop)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: homeopatija
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: homøopati m

  Nynorsk: homøopati m

• Ottoman Turkish: تداوی بلمثل (tädāvī-bil-miṡl)
• Persian: همسان درمانی (hamsân darmâni)
• Polish: homeopatia (pl) f
• Portuguese: homeopatia (pt) f
• Romanian: homeopatie (ro)
• Russian: гомеопа́тия (ru) f (gomeopátija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: homeopatija (sh) f

• Slovene: homeopatija f
• Spanish: homeopatía (es) f
• Swedish: homeopati (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: معالجہ المثلیہ (maljeh al-methiliyeh)
• Vietnamese: vi lượng đồng căn, vi lượng đồng căn liệu pháp

See also

• naturopathy