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Definition: Homeopathic |
HomeopathicAdjective1. Of or relating to the practice of homeopathy; "homeopathic medicine". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "homeopathic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| Antonym: allopathic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Allopathic, heteropathic, homeopathic, hydropathic; anthelmintic; antifebrile, antiluetic; aperient, chalybeate, deobstruent, depurative, laxative, roborant. |
Smallness | Inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small; atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Homeopathic |
| Specialty definitions using "homeopathic": homeopathic medicinal product. (references) |
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Screenplays | You should try homeopathic medicine, Bender (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Homeopathic ER (1999) | |
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 | Homeopathic Society. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Homeopathic hospital, University of Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scene at the breaking of ground for new Homeopathic Hospital of R.I., May 12, 1922. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Homeopathic health practitioners believe that the more dilute the remedy, the greater its potency. (references) | |
Business | For homeopathic medicinal products, no proof of effectiveness is necessary. (references) | |
Health care system in Pakistan consists of three categories; allopathic, unani (traditional medicine system) and homeopathic. (references) | ||
Merck also owns Hofels, a leading brand in the garlic supplement market, and New Era, the leading brand of natural, homeopathic remedies. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | In addition, there is a strong interest in the use of homeopathic, natural medicines, and supplements (all of which are only sold through pharmacies.) Again, product packaging and labeling in French is necessary. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Homeopathic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Homeopathic" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "homeopathic": homeopathic medicinal product ♦ homeopathic remedies. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "homeopathic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | homeopatik (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Danish | homoeopatiske laegemidler (homeopathic drugs), homoeopatisk specialitet (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), homeopatisk veterinærlægemiddel (homeopathic veterinary medicinal product), homøopatisk praeparat (homeopathic preparation), homøopatisk opløsning (homeopathic dilution), homøopatisk laegemiddel (homeopathic medicinal product), homøopatisk dosis (homeopathic dose). (various references) | |
Dutch | homoeotherapeutisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homoeopatische specialite (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), homoeopatisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homoeopathisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homeotherapeutisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homeopatisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homeopatisch geneesmiddel (homeopathic medicinal product), homeopathische verdunning (homeopathic dilution), homeopathische specialiteit (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), homeopathische dosis (homeopathic dose), homeopathisch preparaat (homeopathic preparation), homeopathisch geneesmiddel voor diergeneeskundig gebruik (homeopathic veterinary medicinal product), homeopathisch geneesmiddel (homeopathic medicinal product). (various references) | |
Finnish | homeopaattinen laimennus (homeopathic dilution), homeopaattinen laimennos (homeopathic dilution), homeopaattinen annos (homeopathic dose). (various references) | |
French | spécialité homéopathique (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), préparation homéopathique (homeopathic preparation), médicaments homéopathiques (homeopathic drugs), médicament vétérinaire homéopathique (homeopathic veterinary medicinal product), médicament homéopathique (homeopathic medicinal product), dose homéopathique (homeopathic dose), dilution homéopathique (homeopathic dilution). (various references) | |
German | homöopathisch. (various references) | |
Greek | ομοιοπαθητικόσ (homeopathist, homoeopath). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hasonszenvi, hason szervi (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Italian | omeopatico (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omeopathichay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homeoptico (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Russian | гомеопатический (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Spanish | homeopático (homoeopathic), de homeopatía (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Swedish | homeopatisk (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гомеопатичний (homoeopathic). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "homeopathic": homeopathically. (additional references) | |
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"Homeopathic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homeopathie, homepathic, homiopathic, homopathic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homeopathic" (pronounced hō'mēōpa"thuk) |
| 5 | -p a" th u k | telepathic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-i-m-o-o-p-t" | |
-2 letters: homeopath. | |
-3 letters: empathic, emphatic, homeotic. | |
-4 letters: achiote, aphetic, aphotic, apomict, apothem, compote, ectopia, hematic, hepatic, impeach, ipomoea, metopic, ootheca, potamic, potiche. | |
-5 letters: ahchoo, atomic, atopic, cahoot, capote, cheapo, chetah, coempt, comate, cometh, cootie, haemic, haptic, hepcat, hootch, impact, octopi, oomiac, oompah, ophite, opiate, optima, optime, phatic, photic, poetic, pomace, toecap. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-h-i-m-o-o-p-t" | |
+2 letters: photochemical. | |
+4 letters: homeopathically, photochemically, photomechanical, posthemorrhagic. | |
+5 letters: chemoautotrophic, chromatographies, ophthalmoscopies. | |
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