HOMEOPATHIC
Ho`me*o*path"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. homéopathique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homoepathic.]
HOMEOPATHICALLY
Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homoepathically.]
HOMEOPATHIST
Ho`me*op"a*thist, n.
Defn: A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homoepathist.]
HOMEOPATHY
Ho*me*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. Same) + homéopathie. See Pathos.]
(Med.)
Defn: The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also homoepathy.]
HOMER
Hom"er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.