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单词 homeopathy
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Definition of homeopathy in English:

homeopathy

(British homoeopathy)
nounˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθihɒmɪˈɒpəθiˌhoʊmiˈɑpəθi
  • A system of complementary medicine in which ailments are treated by minute doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment.

    Often contrasted with allopathy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In homeopathy, dosage is minute and symptoms are meant to intensify as part of the self-healing process.
    • Like homeopathy, it treats the whole person rather than just the ailment.
    • Despite homoeopathy's popularity with patients, orthodox medicine has had the upper hand in terms of institutional support, research funding, and strong evidence of effectiveness.
    • For this reason, many people turn to complementary therapies such as homeopathy, acupuncture and herbal remedies.
    • Ayurvedic medicine and homoeopathy are popular in India.
    • The first principle of homoeopathy is that you find a substance that causes the symptoms you are experiencing.
    • Like homeopathy, most alternative therapies are closer to mysticism than to medicine.
    • We can see how acupuncture, homoeopathy and herbalism might be tested.
    • He practises a multi-therapy system using acupuncture with homoeopathy and nutritional therapy to treat chronic diseases.
    • The whole community has access to acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy, even if on a crude level.
    • This is radical, for in homeopathy, there are two schools of thought - low dose versus high dose.
    • She places a lot of faith in homoeopathy and alternative medicines.
    • Using homeopathy and a range of other natural treatments, Pat set out on a journey of recovery that was to see her body go from strength to strength.
    • She's also tried homoeopathy, meditation and colour therapy as well as conventional drugs.
    • She had tried homeopathy, colonic irrigation, aloe vera and reflexology.
    • It is also important to heal the individual from within, if this is where the problem originates, using, for example, homeopathy.
    • The power of homeopathy never ceases to amaze me.
    • Although homeopathy has met with skepticism in the past, recent research is now proving that it works quite well.
    • The approach of treating the patient in a holistic manner allows homoeopathy to treat many diseases where conventional medical treatment does not have much to offer.
    • He has also trained in homeopathy and is interested in all forms of complementary medicine.

Derivatives

  • homeopathist

  • nounˌhɒmɪˈɒpəθɪstˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθɪst
    • ‘I would have had no objection to a homeopathist sharing the show,’ he says, ‘because it would have been even more convincing to the viewers that arguments of homeopathists against providing information are untenable.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At least homeopathists believe what they are saying.
      • Throughout the century, homeopathists, herbalists, practitioners of electro-magnetism, and other unorthodox healers continued to attract patients and test the reach of the law.

Origin

Early 19th century: coined in German from Greek homoios 'like' + patheia (see -pathy).

Rhymes

encephalopathy, osteopathy
 
 

Definition of homeopathy in US English:

homeopathy

(British homoeopathy)
nounˌhoʊmiˈɑpəθiˌhōmēˈäpəTHē
  • The treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease.

    Often contrasted with allopathy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ayurvedic medicine and homoeopathy are popular in India.
    • This is radical, for in homeopathy, there are two schools of thought - low dose versus high dose.
    • In homeopathy, dosage is minute and symptoms are meant to intensify as part of the self-healing process.
    • Using homeopathy and a range of other natural treatments, Pat set out on a journey of recovery that was to see her body go from strength to strength.
    • For this reason, many people turn to complementary therapies such as homeopathy, acupuncture and herbal remedies.
    • She places a lot of faith in homoeopathy and alternative medicines.
    • We can see how acupuncture, homoeopathy and herbalism might be tested.
    • Although homeopathy has met with skepticism in the past, recent research is now proving that it works quite well.
    • The approach of treating the patient in a holistic manner allows homoeopathy to treat many diseases where conventional medical treatment does not have much to offer.
    • She had tried homeopathy, colonic irrigation, aloe vera and reflexology.
    • The power of homeopathy never ceases to amaze me.
    • He has also trained in homeopathy and is interested in all forms of complementary medicine.
    • The whole community has access to acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy, even if on a crude level.
    • He practises a multi-therapy system using acupuncture with homoeopathy and nutritional therapy to treat chronic diseases.
    • Like homeopathy, it treats the whole person rather than just the ailment.
    • Despite homoeopathy's popularity with patients, orthodox medicine has had the upper hand in terms of institutional support, research funding, and strong evidence of effectiveness.
    • It is also important to heal the individual from within, if this is where the problem originates, using, for example, homeopathy.
    • She's also tried homoeopathy, meditation and colour therapy as well as conventional drugs.
    • Like homeopathy, most alternative therapies are closer to mysticism than to medicine.
    • The first principle of homoeopathy is that you find a substance that causes the symptoms you are experiencing.

Origin

Early 19th century: coined in German from Greek homoios ‘like’ + patheia (see -pathy).

 
 
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