potentizationn.
/ˌpəʊtntʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpoʊtn(t)əˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpoʊtnˌ(t)aɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Homoeopathy.
Dilution (and often succussion) of a drug or other therapeutic agent in order to increase its potency; an instance of this.
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1850 C. J. Hempel New Homœopathic Pharmacopœia (new ed.) i. 17 By the former, these successive developments of the original substance are called dynamizations, or potentizations; by the latter, attenuations.
1874 C. Hering Twelve Tissue Remedies Dr. Schussler 4 The trituration and further potentization is just as essential as the proving on the healthy and the so-called law ‘similia similibus’.
1938 D. Shepherd Magic of Minimum Dose 7 The first law is the law of simillimum, which is followed by (2) the principle of the minimum dose, (3) the principle of potentization.
1974 Homoeopathy June–July 88 As the substance becomes more dilute with succeeding potentisations it becomes soluble.
1986 G. Vithoulkas Sci. of Homoeopathy i. vii. 102 One would think that further potentization would cease to be effective at this point, but in actual fact, potencies ranging far beyond this ‘limit’ continue to increase in power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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