Definition of Allopath

1. n. An allopathist.

Definition of Allopath

1. Noun. A practitioner of allopathy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allopath

1. one who treats diseases by producing effects incompatible with those of the disease [n -S]

Medical Definition of Allopath

1. 1. One who is a practitioner of allopathy. 2. Erroneously, a traditional medical physician, as distinguished from eclectic or homeopathic practitioners. Synonym: allopathist. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allopath

allomothering
allomothers
allomucic acid
allongement
allonges
allonomous
allons
allonym
allonymous
allonyms
alloo
allooed
allooing
alloparenting
allopath (current term)
allopathic
allopathic-medicine
allopathic keratoplasty
allopathic medicine
allopathically
allopathies
allopathist
allopathists
allopaths
allopathy
allopatric
allopatric speciation
allopatrically
allopatries

Literary usage of Allopath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"I never met an "allopath" v. h<> spoke disrespectfully of a true "homoeopath," who really believed in and carried out the principles he professed ..."

2. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1897)
"sider that where an allopath ist does not use a drug in a certain disease, for fear of aggravations, that the drug is primarily homoeopathic to such dis ..."

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