allopathic

adjective

al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌa-lə-ˈpa-thik 

: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy

an allopathic physician

allopathically

ˌa-lə-ˈpa-th​i-​k(ə-​)lē 

adverb

allopathically treated

Examples of allopathic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since 2020, osteopathic and allopathic medical students with M.D.s have competed for the same residency slots. —Maya Goldman, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024

Of the 60 new allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, 45% referred to diverse patient populations in their mission statements and 23% referred to a diverse student population, found the study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. —Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Dec. 2023

The Wellness Company is re-imagining medicine by meeting at the corner of naturopathic and allopathic. —Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023

What is 'allopathic' medicine? —Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

allo- + -pathic, after German allopathisch

Note: The term allopathisch was introduced by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), in opposition to his earlier coinage homöopathisch (see homeopathic). It probably appears first in the essay "Geist der homöopathischen Heil-Lehre," prefaced to his Reine Arzneimittellehre, 2. Theil (Dresden, 1816), p. 9. Hahnemann notes that the essay appeared earlier, in 1813. It was in fact published, as "Geist der neuen Heillehre," in Allgemeiner Anzeiger der Deutschen, 4. März 1813, pp. 621-34, but the text differs in many respects, and instead of allopathisch Hahnemann used allotriopathisch (with Greek allótrios "belonging to another, foreign, strange"). The noun Allopathie appears later, perhaps first in Hahnemann's Organon der Heilkunst (Dresden, 1818), the second edition, with title change, of Organon der rationellen Heilkunde (1810).

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing allopathic

• allopathic medicine

Medical Definition

allopathic

adjective

al·​lo·​path·​ic ˌal-ə-ˈpath-ik 

: of, relating to, or practicing allopathic medicine or allopathy

an allopathic physician

allopathically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb