Definition of "allopathic" []

• Of or pertaining to allopathy (adjective)

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• "In what is known as allopathic medicine, physicians are trained to seek out “the differential diagnosis”—a disease name that alerts the doctor to what disease the patient has from a larger group of disorders with similar symptoms."
• "In the ACGME and other certification discussions, the M. D.-granting schools are frequently called allopathic to distinguish them from osteopathic; no one seems to mind."
• "The American Medical Association style of medicine (a philosophy I will henceforth call allopathic) has a model that explains the causes of illness."