allopathic

adjective

al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌa-lə-ˈpa-thik 

: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy

an allopathic physician

allopathically

ˌa-lə-ˈpa-th​i-​k(ə-​)lē 

adverb

allopathically treated

Examples of allopathic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My second appointment is with Dr Mohit Mangla, the allopathic consultant, who explains cheerfully that Tulåh prioritizes Ayurveda, albeit viewed through the lens of modern medicine. — Susan D'arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026

That growth has come as distinctions between traditional allopathic physicians, or M.D.s, and osteopathic physicians, or D.O.s, have become more blurry, The New York Times reports. — Rose Evans september 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Sep. 2025

Medical schools that grant MD (Doctor of Medicine) degrees are known as allopathic medical schools. — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 21 July 2025

Since 2020, osteopathic and allopathic medical students with M.D.s have competed for the same residency slots. — Maya Goldman, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024

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

Phrases Containing allopathic

• allopathic medicine

Rhymes for allopathic

• cytopathic
• naturopathic
• neuropathic
• psychopathic
• telepathic
• empathic
• feldspathic
• felspathic
• homeopathic
• idiopathic
• osteopathic
• sociopathic

Medical Definition

allopathic

adjective

al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌal-ə-ˈpath-ik 

: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy

an allopathic physician

allopathically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb