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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



11 words match “HOMEOPATH”

HOMEOPATH n.
A practitioner of homeopathy. [Written also homoeopath.]
HOMEOPATHIC a.
Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]
HOMEOPATHICALLY adv.
According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homoepathically.]
HOMEOPATHIST n.
A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homoepathist.]
HOMEOPATHY n.
The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was…
ALLOPATHY n.
reated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.
ENANTIOPATHY n.
Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.
GLOBULE n.
A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
HEPAR n.
Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum ( Hepar antimonii ( (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of th…
HOMOEOPATHIC; HOMOEOPATHIST; HOMOEOPATHY a.
Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
MILK n.
ned by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose.