heteropathy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Unusual or abnormal sensitivity to stimuli.
  2. The normal method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself.

Word forms

heteropathy heteropathies

Etymology

From hetero- + -pathy.

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