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Allopathic: Pertaining to allopathy (conventional medicine). The term was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate the usual practice of medicine as opposed to homeopathy, the system of therapy that he founded.
Answer: There are two basic types of medical training: allopathic and osteopathic. The traditional medical degree, the MD, requires training in allopathic medicine.
Definition of ALLOPATHIC: relating to or being a system of medicine that aims to combat disease by using remedies (as drugs or surgery) which produce effects that are ...
Allopathic medicine: The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under ...
noun the method of treating disease by the use of agents that produce effects different from those of the disease treated ( opposed to homeopathy ). Origin: 1835–45 ...
–noun the method of treating disease by the use of agents that produce effects different from those of the disease treated ( opposed to homeopathy ). Use allopathic ...