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HOMEOPATHIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the practice of homeopathy

Example:

homeopathic medicine

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

allopathic (of or relating to the practice of allopathy)

Pertainym:

homeopathy (a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated)

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 Context examples: 

Also called homeopathic medicine.

(Homeopathy, NCI Dictionary)

Cocculus/nux vomica/tabacum/petroleum extract contains equal homeopathic units of the following extracts: extract of Cocculus indicus (fish berry), the fruit of the southeast Asian/Indian climbing plant Anamirta cocculus; extract of the seeds of Strychnos nux vomica (poison nut), an evergreen tree native to southeast Asia; extract of Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco); and petroleum.

(Cocculus/Nux vomica/Tabacum/Petroleum Extract, NCI Thesaurus)