homeopathy

English

Alternative forms

• homoeopathy, homœopathy

Etymology

From German Homöopathie; homeo- + -pathy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌho.mi.ˈɑ.pə.θi/
• Other 1: (hōʺmēŏʹpu̇thē)
• Other 2: hoh-mee-AH-puh-thee

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Noun

Wikipedia homeopathy (plural homeopathies)

1. (pseudoscience) a system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.

Translations

system of treating diseases with very small amounts

• Arabic: معالجة مثلية (ar) (mu3aalaja mathilíyya) f
• Bulgarian: хомеопатия (homeopatija) f
• Catalan: homeopatia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順勢療法 (cmn), 顺势疗法 (cmn) (shùnshì liáofǎ)

• Croatian: homeopatija f
• Czech: homeopatie (cs) f
• Dutch: homeopathie (nl) f
• Esperanto: homeopatio
• Finnish: homeopatia (fi)
• French: homéopathie (fr) f
• German: Homöopathie (de) f
• Greek: ομοιοπαθητική (el) (omoiopathitikí) f
• Hebrew: הומאופתיה (he) (homeopatia)
• Hungarian: homeopátia (hu)
• Irish: hoiméapaite (ga) f

• Italian: omeopatia (it) f
• Japanese: ホメオパシー (ja) (homeopashii)
• Korean: 동종요법 (ko) (dongjong-yobeop)
• Lithuanian: homeopatija
• Norwegian: homøopati
• Persian: همسان درمانی (fa) (hamsân darmâni)
• Polish: homeopatia (pl) f
• Portuguese: homeopatia (pt) f
• Romanian: homeopatie
• Russian: гомеопатия (ru) (gomeopátija) f
• Slovene: homeopatija f
• Spanish: homeopatía (es) f
• Swedish: homeopati
• Urdu: معالجہ المثلیہ (ur) (maljeh al-methiliyeh)

Derived terms

• homeopath
• homeopathist
• homeopathic
• homeopathically