Oxford Dictionary English homeopathy noun(British English also homoeo-) noun BrE BrE//ˌhəʊmiˈɒpəθi// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌhoʊmiˈɑːpəθi// ; BrE BrE//ˌhɒmiˈɒpəθi// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌhɑːmiˈɑːpəθi// [uncountable] Complementary medicine Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa system of treating diseases or conditions using very small amounts of the substance that causes the disease or condition Wordfindertreatmentacupuncture, chiropractor, complementary medicine, herbalism, holistic, homeopathy, hypnotist, massage, reflexology, treatment See related entries: Complementary medicine Word Originearly 19th cent.: coined in German from Greek homoios ‘like’ + patheia ‘suffering, feeling’.See homeopathy in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: homeopathy oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
