Word Study
homoeopathy
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homoeopathy, n. (US homeopathy) the treatment of disease by minute doses of drugs that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of the disease (cf. ALLOPATHY).
Derivative
homoeopathic adj. homoeopathist n.
Etymology
G Hom{ouml}opathie f. Gk homoios like + patheia -PATHY
DEVIL DICTIONARY
homoeopathy
n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they can not.For further exploring for "homoeopathy" in Webster Dictionary Online