al·lop·a·thy 
(ə-lŏpə-thē)
(ə-lŏpə-thē)n.
A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects different from those caused by the disease itself.
[German Allopathie : Greek allos, other; see ALLO- + Greek -patheia, suffering; see -PATHY.]
al′lo·pathic (ăl′ə-păthĭk) adj.
al′lo·pathi·cal·ly adv.