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allopathy

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allopathy
the orthodox medical method of treating disease, by inducing a condition different from or opposed to the cause of the disease

allopathy [ə′läp·ə·thē]
(medicine)
A system of medicine that employs remedies whose effects are unlike those of the disease, in contrast to homeopathy.


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Allopathy is the system of using antagonists to cause a reaction that produces a different biological condition.
A future goal is to set up a clinic in Mexico to practice naturopathy, homeopathy, herbology, chiropractic and allopathy.
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