noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌhəʊmɪˈɒpəθi/
UK:/ˌhɒmɪˈɒpəθi/
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US:/ˌhoʊmiˈɑpəθi/
US:/ˌhɑmiˈɑpəθi/
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South-Asia:/hom(ɪ)jo.pət̪hi/
CMU ARPABET:HH OW2 M IY0 OW0 P AE1 TH IY0
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noun
Meaning 1
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: pseudoscience
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: allopathy
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noun
Meaning 2
a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homoeopathy
Antonyms: allopathy
Broader terms: medical care, medical aid
History
Etymology
From German Homöopathie, equivalent to English homeo- + -pathy.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُعَالَجَة مَثَلِيَّة
(muʕālaja maṯaliyya)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Armenian:
հոմեոպաթիա
(homeopatʻia)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Basque:
homeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Bulgarian:
хомеопатия
(homeopatija)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Catalan:
homeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Chinese Mandarin:
順勢療法 /顺势疗法
(shùnshì liáofǎ)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Czech:
homeopatie
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Danish:
homøopati
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Dutch:
homeopathie
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Esperanto:
homeopatio
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Finnish:
homeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
French:
homéopathie
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Georgian:
ჰომეოპათია
(homeoṗatia)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
German:
Homöopathie
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Greek:
ομοιοπαθητική
(omoiopathitikí)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hebrew:
הומאופתיה
(homeopatia)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hindi:
होमियोपैथी
(homiyopaithī)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hungarian:
homeopátia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Irish:
hoiméapaite
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Italian:
omeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Japanese:
ホメオパシー
(homeopashii)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Korean:
동종요법
(dongjong'yobeop)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Lithuanian:
homeopatija
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Norwegian Bokmål:
homøopati
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Norwegian Nynorsk:
homøopati
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Persian:
همسان درمانی
(hamsân darmâni)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Polish:
homeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Portuguese:
homeopatia
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Romanian:
homeopatie
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Russian:
гомеопа́тия
(gomeopátija)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Serbo-Croatian:
homeopatija
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Slovene:
homeopatija
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Spanish:
homeopatía
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Swedish:
homeopati
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Ottoman Turkish:
تداوی بلمثل
(tädāvī-bil-miṡl)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Urdu:
معالجہ المثلیہ
(maljeh al-methiliyeh)
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Vietnamese:
vi lượng đồng căn
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Vietnamese:
vi lượng đồng căn liệu pháp
— system of treating diseases with very small amounts
