allopathic

adjective

al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌa-lə-ˈpa-thik How to pronounce allopathic (audio)
: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy
an allopathic physician
allopathically adverb
allopathically treated

Examples of allopathic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Of the 60 new allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, 45% referred to diverse patient populations in their mission statements and 23% referred to a diverse student population, found the study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Dec. 2023 The Wellness Company is re-imagining medicine by meeting at the corner of naturopathic and allopathic. Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023 What is 'allopathic' medicine? Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020 Nevertheless, integrative medicine as a whole has gained some legitimacy in the eyes of the allopathic community in recent decades. Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021 Osteopathic and allopathic medical students study the same curriculum and participate in the same clinical training but take different licensing exams. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2021 Combined, more than 100 allopathic and osteopathic medical schools have an EDP. Kristen Moon, Forbes, 3 June 2021 Notifications of acceptance or rejection of the aspiring allopathic student’s applications are sent by October 1. Kristen Moon, Forbes, 3 June 2021 In 2013, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which accredits allopathic medical schools, eliminated the accreditation standard that schools be not-for-profit. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2021

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Word History

Etymology

allo- + -pathic, after German allopathisch

Note: The term allopathisch was introduced by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), in opposition to his earlier coinage homöopathisch (see homeopathic). It probably appears first in the essay "Geist der homöopathischen Heil-Lehre," prefaced to his Reine Arzneimittellehre, 2. Theil (Dresden, 1816), p. 9. Hahnemann notes that the essay appeared earlier, in 1813. It was in fact published, as "Geist der neuen Heillehre," in Allgemeiner Anzeiger der Deutschen, 4. März 1813, pp. 621-34, but the text differs in many respects, and instead of allopathisch Hahnemann used allotriopathisch (with Greek allótrios "belonging to another, foreign, strange"). The noun Allopathie appears later, perhaps first in Hahnemann's Organon der Heilkunst (Dresden, 1818), the second edition, with title change, of Organon der rationellen Heilkunde (1810).

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of allopathic was in 1827

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“Allopathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allopathic. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

allopathic

adjective
al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌal-ə-ˈpath-ik How to pronounce allopathic (audio)
: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy
an allopathic physician
allopathically adverb
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