homeopathy
noun/ˌhəʊmiˈɒpəθi/, /ˌhɒmiˈɒpəθi/
/ˌhəʊmiˈɑːpəθi/
(British English also homoeo-)
[uncountable]- a system of treating diseases or conditions using very small amounts of the substance that causes the disease or conditionWordfinderTopics Healthcarec2Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek homoios ‘like’ + patheia ‘suffering, feeling’.
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