pathy

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See also: -pathy

English

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Etymology

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From the suffix -pathy.

Noun

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pathy (plural pathies)

  1. (informal) A therapy
    • 1849, “The Water-Cure”, in Journal of Health, page 230:
      So, no doubt, it may be applied to hydropathy, and to every other sort of pathy, and the result will be that every sort of pathy cures not all persons, but many persons...