homeopathy
ho·me·op·a·thy
noun \ˌhō-mē-ˈä-pə-thē, ˌhä-\Definition of HOMEOPATHY
: a system of medical practice that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in larger amounts produce in healthy persons symptoms similar to those of the disease
— ho·meo·path \ˈhō-mē-ə-ˌpath\ noun
See Origin of HOMEOPATHY
German Homöopathie, from homöo- homeo- + -pathie -pathy
First Known Use: 1826
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